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We are such stuff as dreams are made on

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duncan

on September 1, 2006

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We are such stuff / As dreams are made on, and our little life / Is rounded with a sleep.

- Prospero in Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Act IV, Scene 1

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1 Beatis
Dec 11th, 2008 at 2:51 pm

It brought tears to my eyes when I read this for the first time, long ago when I was 17. But it’s still wonderful.

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