Author Archives: Kelly Larsen (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

“Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality.”

-Emily Dickinson
Posted on May 8, 2012 by Kelly Larsen (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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“Alone” by Sara Teasdale

Sara Teasdale's poem views life as lonelier than death
Posted on May 7, 2012 by Kelly Larsen (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

As I was reading Sara Teasdale’s “Alone,” I was struck by how much it reminded me of a line from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which I wrote about in this post. In the book, Dumbledore tells Harry, “‘Do … Continue reading →

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“Death, in itself, is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.”

-John Dryden, from "Aureng-Zebe"
Posted on May 1, 2012 by Kelly Larsen (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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“The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Diaz

Junot Diaz's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel manages to put death in a beautiful light
Posted on April 30, 2012 by Kelly Larsen (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

  ***This post contains spoilers***   As its title suggests, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao tells the life story of a young individual, up until his death. In fact, Junot Diaz‘s 2007 novel contains many deaths, but I’m going … Continue reading →

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“Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!'”

-Mavis Leyrer
Posted on April 27, 2012 by Kelly Larsen (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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“Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.”

-Herman Melville
Posted on April 24, 2012 by Kelly Larsen (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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