Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it
isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow
up. That he has to leave the nest, the security, and go out to do
battle. He has to lose everything that is lovely and fight for a
new loveliness of his own making, and it's a tragedy. A lot of
people don't have the courage to do it.
-Helen Hayes (1900 - 1993), in Roy Newquist, Showcase, 1966
