Michael

“Never give up on your friends. Never give up your faith in them. It's when everything is worse than you could ever imagine it could be, that you'll need your friends the most.”
― Graeme Rodaughan, The Dragon's Den

“Ordinary things became religion, and when nothing came, cultists invented something to worship: Giant airplanes, runways, and the like. That’s it, mega-mall cult was like cargo cult; the cult of the shopping rush, born out of the need to worship something.”
― Michael B. Morgan, Lost in the Shell

“I think Pecker will be able to sit on my lap, once in the saddle," Gleave said in all seriousness.
Correia sighed and moved back through the tavern's rear door.
"You're making it too easy for me", Sav said, before following her.
"What's wrong with holding Pecker in my lap?"
Even Errolas smirked as he limped after the other two, another limper close behind, Pecker at their feet.”
― J.P. Ashman, Black Arrow

“And the warrior’s way was not to run from failure, but to own up to it and do better.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Skyward