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Jonathan Segel's avatar

The whole purpose of reading at all is to come across such resonant phrases like "time is such a very shitty caretaker of our passions."

thank you.

Margalynne Armstrong's avatar

I don’t think the Spanish named San Francisco after Francis of Drake. San Francisco was named after Assissi.

Gina Arnold's avatar

I'm sure you're right! But Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and high school still stand...

Dan Weiss's avatar

As an insecure teenager with a prominent schnozz, Cyrano was my hero. I longed for my words to trump my appearance. Eventually they did--my fate was happier than CDB.

Gina Arnold's avatar

I think I related to his fear of rejection.

Corry342's avatar

Apparently when SFD returned to Merry Olde England after 3 years, his Pirating was so lucrative that he balanced the country's budget (really), with plenty left over for himself.