Little by Little
by Daniel Beadle - Wednesday, August 22, 2007
“We talk about good deeds… honor… heroism."We talk about these things as if they exist. But when you go out into the world and experience life first-hand and up-close, you begin to make compromises. You continue making compromises, making sacrifices, making choices you don’t want to make, until one day, you can’t even recognize yourself in the mirror anymore.
"There are no good guys, no villains or evil people. It's just people trying to make it through their lives with as little pain as they can. And regret will always sneak up on you. It’ll kill you if you let it.
"But everyone has regret. Every choice has a consequence, and behind every action, there is an intent that probably had nothing to do with the result.”
“…Because no battle is ever won… They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.”—William Faulkner
