Gary

“invent yourself and then reinvent yourself,
don't swim in the same slough.
invent yourself and then reinvent yourself and
stay out of the clutches of mediocrity.

invent yourself and then reinvent yourself,
change your tone and shape so often that they can never categorize you.

reinvigorate yourself and
accept what is
but only on the terms that you have invented
and reinvented.

be self-taught.

and reinvent your life because you must;
it is your life and
its history
and the present
belong only to
you.”
― Charles Bukowski, The Pleasures of the Damned

“If you liked being a teenager, there's something really wrong with you.”
― Stephen King

“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“Happiness is a choice that requires an effort at times, and it was well past time for him to make the effort.”
― Robert Galbraith, The Running Grave