“how awful to never be allowed to fail”
“How can you fail a test you aren't allowed to prepare for?”
“Human beings are the only creatures who are allowed to fail. If an ant fails, it's dead. But we're allowed to learn from our mistakes and from our failures. And that's how I learn, by falling flat on my face and picking myself up and starting all over again.”
“She saw something awful in the very simplicity she failed to understand.”
“How can I be my best if I never fail,and how can I ever find peace if I never yell.”
“Writing a novel is like childbirth: once you realize how awful it really is, you never want to do it again.”