I didn't even breathe.
Having a holiday weekend without a family member felt like putting on a sweater that had an extra arm.
Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.
I got up the third step and reached for the fourth, but it wasn't there.
How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?
If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot.
You freeze where you are, time stops, and your heart thunders in your ears.