Paul Harmelink

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Frugal doesn't mean cheap. Frugal means that you don't waste anything.”
― Jeff Smith

“In the last essay he wrote before he died, the great Christian writer C. S. Lewis said, “We have no right to happiness; only an obligation to do our duty.” Sometimes our God-given duty will include suffering. When it does, ask God to teach you through it. Remember the psalmist’s words I quoted above: “Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O LORD.”
― Billy Graham, Hope for Each Day Morning & Evening Devotions

“Are you always a smartass?'

Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep.”
― Jim Butcher, Blood Rites