The Langston Hughes quote is one of my favorites. For a long time, it was the header quote on my website. :-) Dreams are fragile, and must be cherished, or they will wither and die, and so will we.

My high school best friend was in the same situation as "Sue". Gifted artist, whose parents made her go to college and study accounting. The difference is, she got a full scholarship to attend an art school, and they had to pay for her to learn accounting, which she hated, and never got a job in.