Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

… Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Which path should I take? he asked.

Which one is safe?

Take one, and you cannot take the other, she said.

But neither path is safe. Which way would you walk — the way of hard truths or the way of fine lies?

— Shadow and Zorya P., American Gods