تنظر إلى الوراء فترى كم عملتَ بجدّ، وكم كنتَ فقيرًا، وكم كنتَ تتوق بلهفةٍ إلى النجاح، ولا يبقى في ذاكرتك إلا كم كنتَ سعيدًا.

“You look back and see how hard you worked and how poor you were, and how desperately anxious you were to succeed, and all you can remember is how happy you were.”Jack London — No Mentor But Myself: A Collection of Articles, Essays, Reviews, and Letters on Writing and Writers (1979)