An essential truth...

"It's important to get punched in the face when you're young so that when you grow up you understand that it doesn't hurt that goddamn bad, and so you don't live in fear like a trembling baby any time sometime tries to get real strong with you. This is one of my essential truths."

- Said by Lilah Ringler, close friend/personal hero of "Dr. Queer Medicine Woman" over at Doc Sorrow, where she posted these words of wisdom.