Sarah

“Yes, it is difficult," I answered. "But not impossibly difficult, or I would not waste my time here. I would say absurdly difficult.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, Unfinished Tales

“I wish you would not always speak so confidently without knowledge.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, Unfinished Tales

“This is a bitter adventure, if it must end so; and not a mountain of gold can amend it. Yet I am glad that I have shared in your perils -- that has been more than any baggins deserves.”
― J. R. R. Tolkien

“Maxim 70:
Failure is not an option. It is mandatory. The option is whether or not to let failure be the last thing you do.

-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries”
― Howard Tayler