Why is it that having my back against the wall makes me react the way I would’ve always wanted to react? Why is it that I cannot conjure up the words when I most need them? Why is it that things are never too simple for me? Why can’t I take the obvious hint?

I have wandered the earth for 500 years of man, and now I have no time.
-Gandalph, Lord of the Rings:The Two Towers