This is actually a Toni Morrison quote, though she says more deftly “You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.”” Toni Morrison is such a fiercely poetic hero of mine.  Don’t hold on to dead weight- let things go no matter how scary it may seem to divest yourself of old habits or to untangle old problems. Don’t let anyone drag you down.  Just fly!  xoxo Dana