Aquarius
I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of the hunger for life that gnaws in us all.
Richard Wright, Black Boy
The risk that felt manageable at breakfast has grown teeth by lunch, not because the stakes changed but because you started calculating what other people would think about your choice. Morning courage comes from seeing the thing itself, while afternoon doubt comes from seeing yourself being seen making the decision. The version of the risk you understood first was probably the right size. When you find yourself building elaborate stories about how others will read your move, you have stepped too far away from the simple question of whether the thing is worth doing.