Nobody knows what you want except you. And nobody will be as sorry as you if you don't get it. Wanting some other way to live is proof enough of deserving it. Having it is hard work, but not having it is sheer hell.
A room of one's own isn't nearly enough. A house, or, best, an island of one's own.
The happy problem of our time - longer life.
Callous greed grows pious very fast.
Fear comes with middle age.
some people are democrats by choice, and some by necessity.