That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the needs which prompted the invention have been broadly similar, so the invention itself has been.
I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind.
The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being.

