Here at last We shall be free; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.
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JUSTIN WETCH Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place, for where we are is hell, A... CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE They seek him here, they seek him there Those Frenchies seek him everywhere Is he in heave... EMMUSKA ORCZY I don’t know why everyone is still trying to find out whether heaven and hell exist. KAMAND KOJOURI Let the ruins come to life In the beauty of Your name Rising up from the ashes God fo... HILLSONG From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we hap... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Be to her, Persephone, All the things I might not be; Take her head upon your knee. S... EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my k... A. E. HOUSMAN I have a dream! To be free at last! Free at last! Free at last. And if a man has... MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. To bait fish withal: if it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge. He hath disgraced me, an... 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JACK JOHNSON Who would want to be the prey in a world full of hunters? ~Disarming(Reign of Blood #2) ALEXIA PURDY You shall be my roots and I will be your shade, though the sun burns my leaves. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI I WANT her though, to take the same from me. She touches me as if I were herself, her own. D.H. LAWRENCE A Litany for Survival For those of us who live at the shoreline standing upon... AUDRE LORDE Conscience is but a word that cowards use, Devis'd at first to keep the strong in awe: Our... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Fare well we call to hearth and hall Though wind may blow and rain may fall We must away e... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Thus repulsed, our final hope Is flat despair: we must exasperate The Almighty Victor to s... JOHN MILTON The superstition in which we grew up, Though we may recognize it, does not lose Its power over... GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING Well we're waiting here in Allentown, For the Pennsylvania we never found, For the promise... BILLY JOEL Perhaps ... To R.A.L. Perhaps some day the sun will shine again, And I shall s... VERA BRITTAIN In alien lands I keep the body Of ancient native rites and things: I gladly free a little ... ALEXANDER PUSHKIN Wish You Were Here" So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain.... PINK FLOYD Let me say right now for the record, I’m still going to be here asking this world to dan... ANDREA GIBSON This is one hell of a suicide note. THE SUICIDE SOLILOQUY- Yes! I've resolved the de... SETH GRAHAME-SMITH And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green And was the holy la... WILLIAM BLAKE Socrates: So even our walks are dangerous here. But you seem to have avoided the most dangerous thin... PETER KREEFT He turned to leave when arms suddenly wrapped around him from behind, stalling him. Sighing, he clos... J.M. DARHOWER I am here because there is no refuge, Finally, from myself, Until I confront myself in the eye... RICHARD BEAUVAIS Beyond the earth, beyond the farthest skies I try to find Heaven and Hell. Then I hea... OMAR KHAYYáM I cannot be grasped in the here and now, For my dwelling place is much among the dead, As the ... PAUL KLEE Though much is taken, much abides; and though We are not now that strength which in old days ALFRED TENNYSON All day long you sit and sew, Stitch life down for fear it grow, Stitch life down fo... EDITH SITWELL Journey’s end In western lands beneath the Sun The flowers may rise in Spring, J.R.R. TOLKIEN American Wedding In america, I place my ring on your cock where it belon... ESSEX HEMPHILL When by the Ruins oft I past My sorrowing eyes aside did cast And here and there the places s... ANNE DUDLEY BRADSTREET Every eye sees its own special vision, every ear hears a most different song. In each man's ... DEAN KOONTZ Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us; The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The ... JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Child, child, love while you can The voice and the eyes and the soul of a man; Never fea... SARA TEASDALE The Call Out of the nothingness of sleep, The slow dreams of Eternity, There wa... RUPERT BROOKE Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscrib'd in one self place; but where we are is hell, And wher... CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE He was a strong and noble lord with piercing eyes of grey. He sat upon his noble throne shinin... LAUREL A. ROCKEFELLER Fool brother Filip led blind brother Daret deep into the black cave. He knew that insid... SUSAN DENNARD Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here I am in hell. A.E. HOUSMAN Absolute perfection is here and now, not in some future, near or far. The secret is in action -... NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ i could go if i wanted share the floorboards with someone in a place less haunted bu... SAVANNAH BROWN I don’t exist metal pressed to pages spilling blood, ink in vein each thought rages... ABBY MUSGROVE Here is the time for the sayable, here is its home. Speak and attest. More than ever RAINER MARIA RILKE We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is ... JOSEPH CAMPBELL Listen: it’s got to be all honeymoon, always. Either heaven, or hell: no comfortable s... WILLIAM FAULKNER Lady of the silver moon Enchantress of the night Protect me and mine within this circle fa... MADELYN ALT Been given 24 hours To tie up loose ends To make amends His eyes said it all I st... JEM Lucifer: The million lords of hell stand arrayed about you. Tell us, why we should let you leave? He... NEIL GAIMAN There is not enough air in the room but you are breathing. There is nobody here but you are hel... JEANETTE LEBLANC Fireflies in the Garden By Robert Frost 1874–1963 Here come real stars to fill th... ROBERT FROST The King beneath the mountains, The King of carven stone, The lord of silver fountains J.R.R. 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