" I hope when people ask what you're going to do with your English degree and/or creative writing degree you'll say: 'Continue my bookish examination of the contradictions and complexities of human motivation and desire;' or maybe just: 'Carry it with me, as I do everything that matters.'

And then smile very serenely until they say, 'Oh. "

― Cheryl Strayed , Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar