"Well. What a day this is! - Special day. Today is our centennial, the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of Sunnydale, and I know what that means to all you kids: not a darn thing. Because today something much more important happens: today you all graduate from high school. Today all the pain, all the work, all the excitement is finally over. And what's a hundred years of history compared to that?
You know what kids? For all of you it may be that there is a place in Sunnydale's history, whether you like it or not. It's been a long road getting here. For you- for Sunnydale. There has been achievement, joy, good times,- and there has been grief. There's been loss. Some people who should be here today- aren't. But we are. Journey's end. And what is a journey? Is it just- distance traveled? Time spent? No. It's what happens on the way, it's the things that happen to you. At the end of the journey you're not the same. Today is about change. Graduation doesn't just mean your circumstances change, it means you do. You ascend- to a higher level. Nothing will ever be the same. Nothing."
Funny how the things someone says stick in your head when you think you're going to get eaten by him.
Don't make me go back there, Ryuuji. Don't make me go back to "Let's Meow Meow".
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Date: 2006-07-08 08:06 pm (UTC)You know what kids? For all of you it may be that there is a place in Sunnydale's history, whether you like it or not. It's been a long road getting here. For you- for Sunnydale. There has been achievement, joy, good times,- and there has been grief. There's been loss. Some people who should be here today- aren't. But we are. Journey's end. And what is a journey? Is it just- distance traveled? Time spent? No. It's what happens on the way, it's the things that happen to you. At the end of the journey you're not the same. Today is about change. Graduation doesn't just mean your circumstances change, it means you do. You ascend- to a higher level. Nothing will ever be the same. Nothing."
Funny how the things someone says stick in your head when you think you're going to get eaten by him.
Don't make me go back there, Ryuuji. Don't make me go back to "Let's Meow Meow".
-Oz