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Alexander Pope | Eloisa To Abelard | 207 – 210

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Post date January 4, 2019 1:36 PM
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Today’s quote is a quote from lines 207 – 210 of the verse epistle / poem Eloisa To Abelard by Alexander Pope:

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot?

The world forgetting, by the world forgot:

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!

Each prayer accepted, and each wish resigned;

–Alexander Pope | Eloisa To Abelard | 207 – 210

I first heard this quote during a scene in the movie Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind when it was said by the character Mary Svevo (played by Kirsten Dunst) to the character Dr. Howard Mierzwiak (played by Tom Wilkinson):

‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ | Critics’ Picks | The New York Times

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Neighbors

Today The Daily Post had a Daily Prompt called Neighbors, and this is what it said:

Neighbors

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And this is my response:

Neighbors

A few years ago I watched a movie called Attack The Block where a group / gang of young adults (who are also neighbors) in London try to defend their low-income apartment complex / neighborhood from an alien invasion; and it was a pretty good movie to my surprise: