One should always act from one's inner sense of rhythm.
People have been saying the novel is dead for as far back as I can remember. The novel will never die, but it will keep changing and evolving and taking different shapes. Storytelling, which is the basis of the novel, has always existed and always will.
Holidays, if you enjoy them, have no history.
How long, I wonder, will ignorance spell purity and knowledge shame?
One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them.
One must have the humility and the imagination to honor all deep human experiences - not least those one has never come near to sharing.