Inspiration and Guidance
Being a graduate student is like becoming all of the Seven Dwarves. In the beginning you're Dopey and Bashful. In the middle, you are usually sick (Sneezy), tired (Sleepy), and irritable (Grumpy). But at the end, they call you Doc, and then you're Happy.
-- Ronald T. Azuma, from his online guide "So long and thanks for the Ph.D."
[Guidance]
How to thrive in graduate school - courtesy of the GPSO
So long and thanks for the Ph.D.: Everything I wanted to know about graduate school at the beginning but didn't learn until later. - by Ronald T. Azuma
Piled Higher and Deeper - online comic about graduate students