"My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out."

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The theme of literature is universal, yet Dylan Thomas manages to capture its essence in a uniquely profound way. Taking a moment to internalize this can shift our mindset, reminding us that our perspective on literature often shapes our reality.

About Dylan Thomas

Dylan Marlais Thomas was a Welsh poet and writer, whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion", as well as the "play for voices" Under Milk Wood. He also wrote stories and radio broadcasts such as A Child's Christmas in Wales and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog. He became widely popular in his lifetime, and remained so after his death at the age of 39 in New York City. By then, he had acquired a reputation, which he had encouraged, as a "roistering, drunken and doomed poet".

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"Though lovers be lost love shall not."

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"Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

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"He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest."

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"Go on thinking that you don't need to be read and you'll find that it may become quite true: no one will feel the need tom read it because it is written for yourself alone and the public won't feel any impulse to gate crash such a private party."

— Dylan Thomas
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