“I'll write, because I'll give - You critics means to live; For should I not supply - The cause, the effect would die” GivingShouldWritingMeanDiesCausesEffectsCriticsShould I Book:Hesperides; or, Works both human and divine Source: Hesperides; or, Works both human and divine
“"You sound as if you question the authority and the decision of the Oracle, who said he should die." "I do not. Why should I? But the Oracle did not ask me to carry out its decision." [...] "The Earth cannot punish me for obeying her mesenger," Okonkwo said. "A child's fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which its mother puts into its palm."” IfsShouldChildrenSaidEarthMotherDiesAsksSoundDecisionPiecesAuthorityHotFingersAsk MeShould IPalmsObeyingOraclesThings Fall Apart OkonkwoYamsOkonkwo Author:Chinua Achebe
“Why should I stay? Nor seed nor fruit have I, But, sprung at once to beauty's perfect round, Nor loss nor gain nor change in me is found, - A life-complete in death-complete to die.” ShouldDiesFoundLossPerfectGainsFruitRoundsSeedsShould ISprung Author:John B. Tabb