Life is not like formula fiction. The villain has a heart, and the hero has great flaws.
Anne Lamott in Bird by Bird
“The secret to change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” Dan Millman
“My grandmother said, ‘Hungry dogs run faster, I've always been a hungry dog." James Patterson https://www.gq.com/story/james-patterson-routine-exellence
“The tie so sorrowful that you wear and that adorns you oh civilized one take it off if you wish to breathe” - Guillaume Apollinaire
Desire is all about delay.