We are the wise. Do not envy us— We who are too wise to draw near the fire Lest we get burned; We who are too wise to love Lest love should vanish and we be hurt. We are the wise. Do not envy us our wisdom— We who are too wise to live Lest we should die.
Lois Duncan, Rudy Gutierrez (1999). “Trapped!: Cages of Mind and Body”, Simon Pulse
