“The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.” - Thomas Hardy

I know a certain planet where there is a red-faced gentleman. He has never looked at a star. He has never smelled a flower. He has never loved anyone. And all day he says, just like you, "I am busy with matters of consequence." And this makes him swell up with pride. But he is not a man, he is a mushroom.".......THE LITTLE PRINCE, Exupery