When you pass through humble
When you pass through sickly
When you pass through 'I'm better than you all'
When you pass through anger and self-deprecation
and have the strength to acknowledge it all,
When the past makes you laugh
and you can savor the magic
that let you survive your own war,
You find that that fire is passion
and there's a door up ahead, not a wall.
- Lou Reed "Magic and Loss (The Summation)"
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