John Irving

“Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.”
― Sophocles, Oedipus Rex

“How dreadful the knowledge of the truth can be
When there’s no help in truth.”
― Sophocles, Oedipus Rex

“Socrates: But why, my dear Crito, should we care about the opinion of the many?”
― Plato, Crito

“Great field marshal, why bother to spur me on? I go all-out as it is.”
― Homer