John O'Connor

“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
― Niels Bohr

“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

“Mr. Duffy lived a short distance from his body.”
― James Joyce, Dubliners

“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young