Never let hatred give you an escort. It will drag your attention from all fortunes along the way.
~ Israelmore Ayivor
You will learn, but you have to act. You will be given, but you have to receive. Stretch your hands and take up your laurels by the power put in you!
Of course, you were crowned with laurel in the beginning, your gold hair was wreathed with laurel, but the gold is thinning and the laurel has withered. Face it – pitiful monster.
~ Tennessee Williams