Shane

“That's the duty of the old,' said the Librarian, 'to be anxious on the behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.'

They sat for a while longer, and then parted, for it was late, and they were old and anxious.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

“We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.”
― George R.R. Martin

“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.”
― Plato

“They can keep their heaven. When I die, I’d sooner go to Middle-earth.”
― George R.R. Martin