Mark

“Farewell," they cried, "Wherever you fare till your eyries receive you at the journey's end!" That is the polite thing to say among eagles.

"May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks," answered Gandalf, who knew the correct reply.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Annotated Hobbit: The Hobbit, or, There and back again

“When Justin had that birdie putt, then I had that slider for par, that’s when I really felt like it could get out of my hands if I’m not careful,’ said Spieth. ‘At that point, I was with my putter. I didn’t care what it looked like, didn’t care about my posture, didn’t care about the mechanics. It was all feel-based. I was seeing the line. I was seeing the arc of the putt. It had been the same thing on 15, and I was just going with it.”
― Iain Carter, The Majors 2015: The Thrilling Battle for Golf's Greatest Trophies

“Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“I’ve embraced the fact that you don’t have to be perfect,’ he explained. ‘You’ve just got to try to hit that ball solid. Solid shots usually pan out. They may not be phenomenal, but hit solid shots. I’m just getting more and more experienced.”
― Iain Carter, The Majors 2015: The Thrilling Battle for Golf's Greatest Trophies