After a storm comes a calm.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Growing up in the '70s and '80s, science fiction and especially fantasy had such a stigma attached to them. I felt so punished and exiled for being devoted to these things.