“I live in the present because the future is always chancy. When it comes to being with you, I'm willing to take the risk.”

Source: Flesh and Fire (2009), p. 148

Source: The Alchemist

Source: Pretties

Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 66

Ibid., p. 118
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Vivo sempre no presente. O futuro, não o conheço. O passado, já o não tenho.

Address http://www.ted.com/talks/james_cameron_before_avatar_a_curious_boy.html/ to the 2010 TED conference (13 February 2010)
Context: Imagination is a force that can actually manifest a reality. … Don’t put limitations on yourself. Other people will do that for you. Don’t do that to yourself. Don’t bet against yourself. And take risk. NASA has this phrase that they like, "Failure is not an option." But failure has to be an option. In art and exploration, failure has to be an option. Because it is a leap of faith. And no important endeavour that required innovation was done without risk. You have to be willing to take those risks. … In whatever you are doing, failure is an option. But fear is not.

Source: The Tanners

Monster
Lyrics, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)

Source: A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveller