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[–] Hackworth@piefed.ca 38 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

If there really had been a Mercutio, and if there really were a Paradise, Mercutio might be hanging out with teenage Vietnam draftee casualties now, talking about what it felt like to die for other people's vanity and foolishness. -Hocus Pocus

[–] Arsecroft@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 3 months ago

i love this quote, and therefore also you