Amanda

“Scared, the eggheads. And maybe that's how it should be. They should be even more scared than the rest of us ordinary folks put together. Because we merely don't understand a thing, but they at least understand how much they don't understand. They gaze into this bottomless pit and know that they will inevitably have to climb down - their hearts are racing, but they know that they'll have to do it - except they do not know how or what awaits them at the bottom or, more important, whether they'll be able to get back out.”
― Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

“Sometimes," said the horse
"Sometimes what?" asked the boy.
"Sometimes just getting up and carrying on is brave and magnificent.”
― Charlie Mackesy, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse / A Poem for Every Night of the Year / A Poem for Every Day of the Year

“Sometimes I think you believe in me more than I do," said the boy
"You'll catch up," said the horse.”
― Charlie Mackesy, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

“You need money so you don’t have to think about money.”
― Arkady Strugatsky, Roadside Picnic