Terrence Ryan

Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.

No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.

We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.

That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?

Sucking the marrow out of life doesn’t mean choking on the bone.

Now we all have a great need for acceptance, but you must trust that your beliefs are unique, your own, even though others may think them odd or unpopular.

When you read, don’t just consider what the author thinks, consider what you think.

Just when you think you know something, you have to look at it in another way.

I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.

O Captain! My Captain!

Boys, you must strive to find your own voice. Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all.

There’s a time for daring and there’s a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for.