That was always the dream, wasn't it? 'I wish I'd known then what I know now'? But when you got older you found out that you NOW wasn't YOU then. You then was a twerp. You then was what you had to be to start out on the rocky road of becoming you now, and one of the rocky patches on that road was being a twerp.
Terry PratchettAch, people are always telling us not to do things" said Rob Anybody, "that's how we ken the most interesting things to do.
Terry PratchettMy character - and for that matter my worst habits - could only be described by someone else. You can't open a box with the crowbar inside it.
Terry PratchettDon't you *ever* let go?" "I haven't yet." "Why?" "I suppose... because in this world, after everyone panics, there's always got to be someone to tip the wee out of the shoe.
Terry Pratchett