Talismanic

They shall have stars at elbow and foot;
Though they go mad they shall be sane,
Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again;
Though lovers be lost love shall not;
And death shall have no dominion.

Under the windings of the sea
They lying long shall not die windily;
Twisting on racks when sinews give way,
Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break;
Faith in their hands shall snap in two,
And the unicorn evils run them through;

Where blew a flower may a flower no more
Lift its head to the blows of the rain;
Though they be mad and dead as nails,
Heads of the characters hammer through daisies;
Break in the sun till the sun breaks down,
And death shall have no dominion.

- Dylan Thomas (1914-53)

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To name a few-
Writers: Sonya Hartnett, Garcia Marquez, Herman Hesse, Adam Rapp
Music: Crystal Castles, Snow Patrol, Damien Rice, The Smiths
Movies: The Fountain, Solaris, Moulin Rouge, Princess Mononoke
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