I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will, which I now exert to leave you
𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past
𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭
Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You’re given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself