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I only have one big regret in my life, but at the same time, if I had not made that choice I would not have my youngest daughter today. An awful, cruel dilemma. Thank goodness life doesn't allow us such liberties.
Thinking about this has keyed me into something deep and dark that I hadn't fully comprehended before. And I can't believe it hadn't hit me earlier...
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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