a useful quote

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you'll be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~ Friedrich Neitzsche (thank you Pirateyme!)

This quote, which quite accurately reflects a lot of the thought processing I have had in the past couple of weeks, was borrowed from Bloggin' Babzy's post about Nuts, if you're wondering why she's commenting on 'nuts' in a post about Paris, not directly referring TO Paris...