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Prudence · 04-06-2005, 06:26 PM

Okay -- it's a whole poem, not a quote, but it's one of my all time favorites.

John Donne - The Flea

MARK but this flea, and mark in this,
How little that which thou deniest me is ;
It suck'd me first, and now sucks thee,
And in this flea our two bloods mingled be.
Thou know'st that this cannot be said
A sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead ;
Yet this enjoys before it woo,
And pamper'd swells with one blood made of two ;
And this, alas ! is more than we would do.

O stay, three lives in one flea spare,
Where we almost, yea, more than married are.
This flea is you and I, and this
Our marriage bed, and marriage temple is.
Though parents grudge, and you, we're met,
And cloister'd in these living walls of jet.
Though use make you apt to kill me,
Let not to that self-murder added be,
And sacrilege, three sins in killing three.

Cruel and sudden, hast thou since
Purpled thy nail in blood of innocence?
Wherein could this flea guilty be,
Except in that drop which it suck'd from thee?
Yet thou triumph'st, and say'st that thou
Find'st not thyself nor me the weaker now.
'Tis true ; then learn how false fears be ;
Just so much honour, when thou yield'st to me,
Will waste, as this flea's death took life from thee.

MerryPrankster · 04-06-2005, 07:13 PM

"It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it -- oh, you don't quite know what it is you DO want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!"

-- Mark Twain

SzczerbiakManiac · 04-27-2005, 02:41 PM

"As a senator, I worried every day about the size of the Federal deficit. I did not spend a single minute worrying about the effect of gays on the institute of marriage. Today, it seems to be the other way around."
—Former Republican senator from Mississippi John Danforth, in a New York Times op-ed, March 30
according to The Advocate

04-06-2005, 06:26 PM	#1
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	Okay -- it's a whole poem, not a quote, but it's one of my all time favorites. John Donne - The Flea MARK but this flea, and mark in this, How little that which thou deniest me is ; It suck'd me first, and now sucks thee, And in this flea our two bloods mingled be. Thou know'st that this cannot be said A sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead ; Yet this enjoys before it woo, And pamper'd swells with one blood made of two ; And this, alas ! is more than we would do. O stay, three lives in one flea spare, Where we almost, yea, more than married are. This flea is you and I, and this Our marriage bed, and marriage temple is. Though parents grudge, and you, we're met, And cloister'd in these living walls of jet. Though use make you apt to kill me, Let not to that self-murder added be, And sacrilege, three sins in killing three. Cruel and sudden, hast thou since Purpled thy nail in blood of innocence? Wherein could this flea guilty be, Except in that drop which it suck'd from thee? Yet thou triumph'st, and say'st that thou Find'st not thyself nor me the weaker now. 'Tis true ; then learn how false fears be ; Just so much honour, when thou yield'st to me, Will waste, as this flea's death took life from thee. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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04-06-2005, 07:13 PM	#2
MerryPrankster Swanky Panky! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hell's Kitchen Posts: 541	"It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it -- oh, you don't quite know what it is you DO want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!" -- Mark Twain __________________ My advice to the women of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias. ~~ William Allen White
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04-27-2005, 02:41 PM	#3
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	"As a senator, I worried every day about the size of the Federal deficit. I did not spend a single minute worrying about the effect of gays on the institute of marriage. Today, it seems to be the other way around." —Former Republican senator from Mississippi John Danforth, in a New York Times op-ed, March 30 according to The Advocate
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