We don’t read and write poetry
because it’s cute. We read and
write poetry because we are
members of the human race.
And the human race is filled
with passion. And medicine, law,
business, engineering, these are
noble pursuits and necessary to
sustain life. But poetry, beauty,
romance, love, these are what
we stay alive for.
~ Robin Williams as John Keating,
Dead Poets Society (1989)