One day you will come to a fork in the road. And you’re going to have to make a decision about what direction you want to go. If you go that way you can be somebody. You will have to make compromises and you will have to turn your back on your friends. But you will be a member of the club and you will get promoted and you will get good assignments. Or you can go that way and you can do something - something for your country and for your Air Force and for yourself. If you decide to do something, you may not get promoted and you may not get the good assignments and you certainly will not be a favorite of your superiors. But you won’t have to compromise yourself. You will be true to your friends and to yourself. And your work might make a difference. To be somebody or to do something. In life there is often a roll call. That’s when you will have to make a decision. To be or to do? Which way will you go?
— Col. John Boyd

Its like when you’re making conversation and you’re trying not to scream, and you’re trying not to tell them you dont care what they mean, you’re really feeling fragile, and you really cant get home, and you really feel abandoned, but you want to be alone, Old friends they shine like diamonds, old friends you can always call, old friends you cant buy them, and its old friends after all
— Guy Clark