Thomas McGregor

“Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'
'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Never say more than is necessary.”
― Richard Brinsley Sheridan

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”
― Alfred Tennyson

“To be a good soldier you must love the army. But to be a good officer you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love. That is … a very hard thing to do. No other profession requires it. That is one reason why there are so very few good officers. Although there are many good men.”
― Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels