Stop posting that Leonard Bernstein quote
Sharon's Weekly Head Dump
The only certainty in life is death and taxes, and also the fact that any time a horrible thing happens in the world, someone will post That Leonard Bernstein Quote.
You know the one:
“This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.”
It’s beautiful, it’s affirming, it’s provided comfort to many people after terrible tragedies, and on some level I totally agree with its message. But over the years, as The Quote has gotten trotted out after every outbreak of violence, every mass shooting (why are there so many), every declaration of war (ditto), I’ve come to dread the words “This will be our reply…”
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