“Don't let yourself be victimized by the age you live
in. It's not the times that will bring us down, any more than
it's society. When you put the blame on society, then you end
up turning to society for the solution. There's a tendency
today to absolve individuals of moral responsiblity and treat
them as victims of social circumstance. You buy that, you pay
with your soul. It's not men who limit women. It's not
straights who limit gays. It's not whites who limit blacks.
What limits people is lack of character. What limits people is
that they don't have the f//king nerve or imagination to star
in their own movie, let alone direct it. Yuck."
-Tom Robbins