Marzi

“Having poured my drink, I may not live to taste it, or that it may pass a live man's tongue to burn a dead man's belly; that having slumbered, I may never wake, or having waked, may never living sleep. Having heard tick, will I hear tock? Having served, will I volley? Having sugared will I cream? Having eithered, will I or? Itching, will I scratch? Hemming, will I haw?”
― John Barth

“How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me?”
― Leonard Cohen, Beautiful Losers

“Failure is the mark of a life well lived. In turn, the only way to live without failure is to be of no use to anyone.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer

“Nobody walks a difficult path without stumbling now and again. It didn’t break you when you fell. That’s the important part.”
― Robert Jordan, Towers of Midnight