Fire and Ice, by Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

Invictus, by William Earnest Henley

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul

IF, by Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on !";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

Nothing Gold Can Stay, by Robert Frost

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay.

Mirror Pool, by Lauren Faust

"Where the brambles are thickest
There you will find...
A pond beyond the most twisted of vines.
And into her own reflection she stared,
Yearning for one whose reflection she shared,
And solemnly sweared not to be scared
At the prospect of being doubly mared."

Puck's Apology, by William Shakespeare

If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber'd here
While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a dream,
Gentles, do not reprehend:
If you pardon, we will mend:
And, as I am an honest Puck,
If we have unearned luck
Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue,
We will make amends ere long;
Else the Puck a liar call;
So, good night unto you all.
Give me your hands, if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends.

For Want of a Nail, by Unknown

For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the message was lost.
For want of a message the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a nail.

And The Sky Shall Unfold, Fate/Grand Order

A grip upon a shining blade,
A will to shatter steel
A shield to ward against the shade,
And armored head to heel

With grace to match an angel’s wrath,
And rage from hell below,
Had forged ahead a crimson path
And buried midst the foe

Unbent and unbroken
A beacon of might
Unbowed and unspoken
A purger of blight

Resplendent defender
Undaunted, uncaged
Remain in your splendor
Unchanging, unaged

Quotes:

"The only ones who should kill, are those who are prepared to be killed!"
Lelouch Vi Britannia (Code Geass)

"Males are all stupid and jealous. And females are stupid to be happy about it. Idiots are everywhere you look."
Holo The Wise (Spice and Wolf)

"Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of equivalent exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one and only truth."
Alphonse Elric (Full Metal Alchemist)

"Keep smiling; it makes people wonder what you're up to."
Ichimaru Gin (Bleach)

"Seeing new guns is like meeting new people; but better!"
Ruby Rose (RWBY)

"Castles may fall, kingdoms may perish; It's none of my businesses."
Kalas (Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean)

"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."
Oscar Wilde

"Duct tape is like the force; it has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together."
Carl Zwanzig

"I reject your reality and substitute my own."
Adam Savage (Myth-Busters)

"War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who's left."
Bertrand Russell

"Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
Albert Einstein

“Every man dies, but not every man really lives.”
William Ross Wallace

"Stupidity killed the cat. Curiosity was framed."
Unknown

“I believe that the human spirit is indomitable. If you endeavor to achieve, it will happen given enough resolve. It may not be immediate, and often your greater dream is something you will not achieve within your own lifetime. But the effort you put forth to anything transcends yourself, for there is no futility, even in death.”
Monty Oum.

"Magic is the sole science not accepted by scientists, because they can't understand it."
Harry Houdini

"There is no point in driving yourself mad trying to stop yourself going mad. You might just as well give in and save your sanity for later."
Douglas Adams

"If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried"
Steven Wright

“Only priests and fools are fearless; and I've never been on the best of terms with God.”
Kvothe, the Arcane (The Name of the Wind)

"The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense."
Tom Clancy

"I've heard it said we only gain wisdom through suffering; And tonight I intend to make you very wise."
Megatron - Transformers series

The Situation in Hell:

The following is supposedly an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.

As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different Religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.

With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

So which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "it will be a cold day in Hell before I go out with you", and take into account the fact that I went out with her last night, then number 2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over.

The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct . . . leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God."

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A."

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