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"Who would bear the whips and scorns of time . . . when he himself might his quietus make with a bare bodkin?" --Hamlet
by Antinous September 12, 2003
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the moment between life and death, where all is still and rushing from past to the very moment you pass through the light, to whatever may become of you
by Fantasioso December 13, 2003
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When the principal of the high school found out the football team was bulking up on steroids, he put the quietus to the practice.
by Richard Black March 18, 2005