Mercy

“Tell them the truth if you like," responded Kit airily, knowing quite well that Judith, for all her disapproval, would never give her away. The common bond of just being young together in that household was strong enough for that.”
― Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

“Butler shot one of the half dozen diners a fierce glare, just in case she might be planning something. The woman must have been at least eighty.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Eternity Code

“Frodo: I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: 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 to us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“Just think of it as a picnic with guns and monsters instead of mosquitoes and ants. Do we have fun or what?”
― Laurence Yep, City of Death