" The only reason I read Song of Myself is because it was constantly referred to in Paper Towns. The poem was beautiful, but also boring an confusing. While I expected Walt Whitman to talk about himself a lot, I didn't expect him to be quite so narcissistic! I wasn't that much of a Walt Whitman fan before I read this, but now he's reached an all time low in my eyes. Whitman pretty much says that he feels everyone's pain, he relates himself to God over and over again. He pretty much lists all the gods of all the religions at one point and says they don't exist! He seems apathetic, as he never seems to actually come to a conclusion about anything. Sure there were a few times when I was like "hey! this makes sense!" but then the overly descriptive depictions of pastors and the sea would meld together in a heap of nonsense again. All in all, Walt Whitman has the hugest ego to ever walk the planet! I'm glad I never knew him. "
— Gorfo, 2/12/2014