Julian

“No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.”
― Carl Jung

“Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life and a secret life.”
― Gabriel García Marquez

“Suppose I were to give you a key ring [...] with a hundred keys, and I were to tell you that one of these keys will unlock it, this door we're imagining opening in onto all you want to be, as a player. How many of the keys would you be willing to try?'
[...]
'Well I'd try every darn one,' Rader tells Lyle.
[...]
'Then you are willing to make mistakes, you see. You are saying you will accept 99% error. The paralyzed perfectionist you say you are would stand there before that door. Jingling the keys. Afraid to try the first key.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

“Apollo succeeded at critical moments like this because the bosses had no hesitation about assigning crucial tasks to one individual, trusting his judgment, and then getting out of his way.”
― Gene Kranz, Failure is not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond