Some believe what separates men from animals is our ability to reason. Others say it’s language or romantic love, or opposable thumbs. Living here in this lost world, I’ve come to believe it is more than our biology. What truly makes us human is our unending search, our abiding desire for immortality.

~ Arthur Conan Doyle

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Oh, now my Erin, she'd smile down on me no matter where I walked. Grandpop smiled that little smile again. But I'd be separated from her, and I'd feel that separation in my soul, you see?Nathan shook his head.Grandpop sighed. You have the Irish eyes, boy. One of these days, you'll see from eyes, not your own, feel with a heart outside your chest. Wild Irish eyes. Nathan. When you love, love well and love true, and take care, lad, because those Irish eyes are windows into not just your own soul, but the soul of the one you love. Grandpop looked out at his Erin's grave.And when you lose that heart, you can't leave the places where your memories are the best. And if I left her, I'd not be buried beside her.

~ Lora Leigh

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Malone's commentary on Sonnet 93 was a defining moment in the history not only of Shakespeare studies but also of literary biography in general. What has emerged in our time as a dominant form of life writing can trace its lineage back to this extended footnote.

~ James Shapiro

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