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[motherofnature]

so what does one say when the proverbial lightbulb lights up over one's head when one is sitting across from a loan officer at a bank, peering at figures that tell one that one is going to have to wake up up from the happy, giddy dream-state now and get real about what one can truly afford for housing as a (perpetually, it seems) single person with

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[severednow]

Its funny. Because of all the downtime on my job I recently started rereading my favorite book series again, A Song of Ice and Fire. The first book, A Game of Thrones, I have read numerous times. I'd say at least 5 now. As I was approaching the end I stumbled upon this wonderful quote. See its a fantasy series though it mirrors reality. There are no good and evil, just people... flawed people. Much like reality the past is romanticised. One of the main characters is a crippled boy of 8 years, and he was talking to his "maester" (basically the doctors/professors/wise men for the land) about some legends, and how despite all the bad that was happening someone would rise to the occasion.

The maester replied simply "You must put these dreams away, for they will only break your heart."