A Little Epiphany - (and a newbie delurking)

[Dia]

If anything were to go pear-shaped now, you'd be hurt badly. That's a fact; accept it.

Yep, in for a penny, in for a pound. Might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb, and all those other platitudes. I knew the risks, so if I get hurt - well, I knew the risks.

There's a saying in Portuguese - I may have already quoted it here? - that goes like this:

Ha quem nao ama por medo de sofrer e passa a vida toda sofrendo por medo de amar.

or

Those who will not love for fear of suffering spend their entire lives suffering in fear of love.