We live in grief for having left the womb, for having left the teat, then school, then home. In my case, it was leaving marriages, and the death of my wife. ↗
Around me I saw women overworked and underpaid, doing men's work at half men's wages, not because their work was inferior, but because they were women. ↗
You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish. ↗