Jake - Agh! I'm a failure.

Daria - Dad, you made up one song when you were a teenager and it's not the best thing ever written, and that makes you a failure?

Jake - Well, that's one of the things.

Daria - So your reach exceeded your grasp. I'd rather have that happen to me than the opposite.

Jake - What do you mean?

Daria - You know what good is, that's how you know you didn't achieve it. That's a lot better than if you were putting out crap and thinking it was great.

Jake - It is?

Daria - You came up short because you were aiming high.

Jake - Your right, Daria! I did! I went out on a limb and took a chance. That took guts, didn't it?

Daria - Um, yes. Yes it did.

The Story of D