“And when you fail, and are defeated, and in pain, and in the dark, then I hope you will remember that darkness is your country, where you live, where no wars are fought and no wars are won, but where the future is. Not from above, but from below. Not in the light that blinds, but in the dark that no…”— Ursula K. Le Guin, ursulakleguin.com
“One of my greatest lessons has been to fully understand that what looks like a dark patch in the quest for success is the universe pointing you in a new direction.”— Oprah Winfrey, amazon.com