Dante

“what is joy without sorrow? what is success without failure? what is a win without a loss? what is health without illness? you have to experience each if you are to appreciate the other. there is always going to be suffering. it’s how you look at your suffering, how you deal with it, that will define you.”
― mark twain

“Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.”
― Mark Twain

“If by my life or death I can protect you, I will. ”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring