"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." — Marilyn Monroe

A lover's discourse

A mandarin fell in love with a courtesan. "I shall be yours," she told him, "when you have spent a hundred nights waiting for me, sitting on a stool, in my garden, beneath my window." But on the ninety-ninth night, the mandarin stood up, put his stool under his arm, and went away.

A Lover's Discourse: Fragments, Roland Barthes

"A Mandarin was in love with a courtesan. "I'll be yours, she says, when you have passed one hundred nights waiting for me, sitting on a stool in my garden under my window."But to the ninety-ninth night, Mandarin stood up, put the stool under his arm and went away."

Maybe he realized he was fighting for someone who was not worth it. So often we are like this: we spend all our time and energy in search of something we want so much, and blinding us to some things ... and happy of who realizes this in time to give up on something that would bring more suffering.