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From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives for ever;
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.

--Algernon Charles Swinburne, "The Garden of Proserpine." Found scratched into the wall of a patient's room in the now-abandoned Southamptom State Hospital for the Insane (http://www.oboylephoto.com/state_hospital/index.htm).

coin operated boy
he may not be real experienced with girls
but I know he feels like a boy should feel
isn't that the point?
that is why I want a
coin operated boy
with his pretty coin operated voice
saying that he loves me, that he's thinking of me
straight and to the point
that is why I want
a coin operated boy.

--Dresden Dolls (http://www.dresdendolls.com), "Coin-Operated Boy"

My Mallory heart is sure to fail
I could crawl around the floor just like I'm real
Like you

The sound of metal I want to be you
I could learn to be a man
Like you

--Gary Numan (http://www.numan.co.uk), "Metal"

I'll take the quiet life
A handshake with carbon monoxide
and no alarms, and no surprises, please.

--Radiohead, "No Surprises"