Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
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.
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?
You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.
As I neared her, I bent to help her up, and was nearly knocked over her.
I feel very strongly that change is good because it stirs up the system.
When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.