<p>On making the decision:</p>
<p>We will choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them - Kahlil Gibran</p>
<p>On turning down merit aid (ROFL):</p>
<p>What man wants is simply independent choice. Whatever that may cost and whereever that may lead. - Fyodor Dostoevsky</p>
<p>On transferring:</p>
<p>I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken, the choosing was not. You have to move on. - Steven Sondheim</p>