You could be great. You could rattle the stars. You could do anything if only you dared.
What's the point in having a mind if you don't use it to make judgements?
If you can learn to endure pain, you can survive anything. Some people learn to embrace it- to love it. Some endure it through drowning it in sorrow, or by making themselves forget. Others turn it into anger.
Some things you hear with your ears. Others, you hear with your heart.
Don't feel bad for one moment about doing what brings you joy.
Witches didn't need blood to survive, but humans didn't need wine, either.