Daily Literature Quotes

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Today's Daily Literature Quote is…

"Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust,
Like diamonds, we are cut with our own dust."

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Okay, so, I've never read the Duchess of Malfi. If anything, the only thing I really know about this is that it's a play. Nevertheless, this is a very interesting quote. I think this might be a play on the whole "from dust you came and to dust you will return" concept. It's as if to say that no matter what we do, one day we will come to an end and return to our own dust. I think this is an interesting concept if I'm interpreting it right, because, if so, that means it might be suggesting towards Predestination. Predestination (for those who don't know) means that before you are even a thought of the earth, you have already had your afterlife destination chosen for you and that nothing you can do will change it. Personally I don't believe in the concept, but it's interesting to discuss and think about the fact that it's very well possible that you could be the most righteous person on earth, but it wouldn't matter at all cause you'll end up in Hell.