" To say I’m without fear–
it wouldn’t be true.
I’m afraid of sickness, humiliation.
Like anyone, I have my dreams.
But I’ve learned to hide them,
to protect myself
from fulfillment: all happiness 
attracts the Fates’ anger.
They are sisters, savages–
in the end, they have
no emotion but envy.
—  'Confession "

― Louise Glück , Ararat