We've become a nation of wolves, ruled by sheep.
Owned by swine, overfed, and put to sleep.
While the media elite declare what to think,
I'll be wide awake, on the edge, and on the brink.
Otep Shamaya
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straight up and down
and then maybe sidewise
for a while
and ...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI Come to the edge.
We might fall.
Come to the edge.
It's too high!
COME TO THE EDGE!
A...
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Not too wide.
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__________________
If you associate yourself with a change maker...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Dear Samson,
I put your hair
in a jar
by the pear tree
near the well.
I bee...
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Allie considered this. "Meaning?"
"Meaning, ...
NEAL SHUSTERMAN Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Whose woods these are I think I know.
Hi...
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If you associate yourself with a change maker,
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ISRAELMORE AYIVOR I write our names on the page.
What of it, if the paper will be burned?
I write our names ...
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sleep, then dream
in the absence o...
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I am for
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I would like to...
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to the way i...
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Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The s...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Do you know what it is like,
to lie in bed awake;
with thoughts to haunt
you every ni...
LANG LEAV Solar Eclipse
Each morning
I wake invisible.
I make a needle
from a ...
DIANE GLANCY Rehashing the past wouldn't change anything. Time to move forward.
ZENA WYNN Paradox
/pera,daks/ noun
1. Being told to wake up and come back to reality by your...
SHANNON L. ALDER Wake up.
If your eyes are sleeping
then wipe them gently.
You need to be awake for...
KAMAND KOJOURI What if you died?"
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SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Let your desires be ruled by reason.
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and spark
and, each night, we believe in ...
RENEE ASHLEY The dove descending breaks the air
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T.S. ELIOT representation
is vital
otherwise the butterfly
surrounded by a group of moths
u...
RUPI KAUR To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slin...
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HECTOR RUIZ Awake! arise! the hour is late!
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HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW We think a flower on a cliff is beautiful
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Una...
TITE KUBO Dark house, by which once more I stand
Here in the long unlovely street,
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ALFRED TENNYSON Better to die, and sleep
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And dare to live when the soul...
SOPHOCLES Some teach you
what can't be taught,
by turning their back
on you & helping
...
CURTIS TYRONE JONES Wolves are not ruled by law. They are ruled by the alpha-wolf's policy. Individual wolves can do any...
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MARLAN RICO LEE Queen of my tub, I merrily sing,
While the white foam rises high,
And sturdily wash, and r...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I will arise and go now, for always night and day
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W.B. YEATS From CATS ARE KIND
"I saw a dog pursuing automobiles;
On and on he sped.
HENRY N. BEARD Father never approved of my toys
Saw them as child's playthings
I was a child
T...
T.P. LOUISE Lady of the silver moon
Enchantress of the night
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PROVERB I got schooled this year
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TOBA BETA Nature to all things fixed the limits fit
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ALEXANDER POPE Now Morn, her rosy steps in the eastern clime
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JOHN MILTON Sheep?"
"Sheep."
"Sheep!"
...
"Yes, as in baaaa.
GAIL CARRIGER I am troubled, immeasurably
by your eyes.
I am struck by the feather
of your soft re...
JIM MORRISON Jamie," I said, "how, exactly, do you decide whether you're drunk?"
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DIANA GABALDON Grant them removed, and grant that this your noise
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I know what my heart is like
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By caves where never sun has shone,
...
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By caves wher...
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I believe that I love sleep
much more than anybody I’ve ever
met.
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RICHARD O'CONNOR, PHD God abides in men"
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CARYLL HOUSELANDER ...What are numbers knit
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PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY you've been holding on
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you've lost countl...
R.H. SIN All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel.
MARGARET ATWOOD Come to the edge," he said.
"We can't, we're afraid!" they responded.
"Come to the edge," ...
GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE I had never had a piece of toast
Particularly long and wide,
But fell upon the sanded floor,...
JAMES PAYN I shall know by the gleam and glitter
Of the golden chain you wear,
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ADELAIDE PROCTOR They put it like that?' said Glenda, wide-eyed.
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BARRY EISLER