Erin

“Ten spears go to battle," he whispered, "and nine shatter. Did the war forge the one that remained? No, Amaran. All the war did was identify the spear that would not break.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer

“Commend me to the cardinal,' said Milady. 'Commend me to Satan,' replied Rochefort.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers

“The damnable frustration of revenge. Revenge is for dreams...never for reality.”
― Alfred Bester, The Stars My Destination

“Everyone has got their own ideas and they push them and say to hell with everyone else. That's the history of the human race. It got us on top, only now it is pushing us off. The thing is that people will put up with any kind of discomfort, and dying babies, and old age at thirty as long as it has always been that way. Try to get them to change and they fight you, even while they're dying, saying it was good enough for grandpa so it's good enough for me. Bango, dead.”
― Harry Harrison, Make Room! Make Room!