If you know what your purpose is, you can handle the setbacks. But when you don't know what your purpose is, any setback can lead to total collapse. As Seamus Heaney put it, You are neither here nor there, / A hurry through which known and strange things pass. #DavidBrooks

If you know what your purpose is, you can handle the setbacks. But when you don't know what your purpose is, any setback can lead to total collapse. As Seamus Heaney put it, You are neither here nor there, / A hurry through which known and strange things pass. #DavidBrooks

— English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 8, 2025