Three or four times only in my youth did I glimpse the Joyous Isles, before they were lost to fogs, depressions, cold fronts, ill winds, and contrary tides.. I mistook them for adulthood. Assuming they were a fixed feature in my life's voyage, I neglected to record their latitude, their longitude, their approach. Young ruddy fool. What wouldn't I give now for a never-changing map of the ever-constant ineffable? To possess, as it were, an atlas of clouds. David Mitchell
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I am a young adult who has lived for many years. I have traveled the world, studied in different places, and lived with different people. However, sometimes I feel like I am the same person I was when I was a child. Sometimes, I feel like my life has only been full of growth but not enough of change.

When you are young, you don't really know that life can change for the better or for the worse. You only truly understand that later on in life. When you are younger, you are stubborn and have confidence in your skills.

You are always sure you will be able to do anything you set your mind to, but sometimes when things get tough it can be hard to see past them. You think that things will never change so you might as well give up.

Source: Cloud Atlas

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