Peter RoseggerThinkers

A Firing (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be a cure: once the dream-master told the author 'You've no gift for tailoring, you can go!', the haunting dream never returned — though it vexed him not to have quit first.

The Past (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a shadow dragged around like a ghost: the famous author still sat nightly in the tailor's workshop, sewing without wages.