You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own.
It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later everything is touched by it, despite our naive and senseless hope that just this time we will be spared its cold hand on our heart.
I am fiercely independent and I probably wouldn't be if it wasn't for the way in which I was brought up.

