"We defend ourselves by not caring passionately; that way, if things don't work out, we aren't really hurt.
But by protecting yourself from the pain of failure, from the insult of finishing second or third or fifth or even last, you preclude the possibility of triumph.
If you give up passion, you are punished twice over. You don't give yourself the chance at those highs, and your life spills like sand through your hands anyway.
I think, maybeperhaps, passionate people have learned there is really nothing to lose.
You are marched to the wall at the end, passionate or not. So why not go ahead and risk everything, because what are you risking? What is the worst thing that can happen?"
You learn something.
