Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot.

I don’t have to prove anything to anyone. I only have to follow my heart and concentrate on what I want to say to the world. I run my world.

I'm drawn to materials that have a history.

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all."