The car slewed to a stop and only then did I notice that it wasn't a cop car, ambulance or fire-engine.
Go often to the house of thy friend; for weeds soon choke up the unused path.
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?
It felt like they used a baton or something -- it was harder than anyone had ever hit me in the head before.
You can learn as much - or more - from one glance at a private space as you can from hours of exposure to a public face.
The faceless, eyeless armed man above me kept his gun very level.
The pain of making the necessary sacrifices always hurts more than you think it's going to. I know. It sucks. That being said, doing something seriously creative is one of the most amazing experiences one can have, in this or any other lifetime. If you can pull it off, it's worth it. Even if you don't end up pulling it off, you'll learn many incredible, magical, valuable things. It's NOT doing it when you know you full well you HAD the opportunity- that hurts FAR more than any failure.
To try to be better is to be better.