“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”

E.E. CUMMINGS

ee cummings (as was his self-styled moniker) was a free-thinking, avant-garde Greenwich Village poet who lived from 1894 to 1962. This interesting quote implored his readers to consider their own authenticity and to be brave enough to resist the pressures to conform to societal ‘norms’. It suggests a great deal of both personal insight and strength of character.