"A family is something very static and hard to escape, so everybody has a certain role over the years, no matter if you like it or not."

“Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.”

“In any high stress situation you are going to default to your level of training...period.”

“That was the thing about the world: it wasn't that things were harder than you thought they were going to be, it was that they were hard in ways that you didn't expect.”

Source : Lev Grossman (2015). “The Magicians Trilogy”, p.387, Penguin

“My job involves searching for 'lost' quotations - that is, trying to find out who came up with a quotable saying that lingers in someone's mind and which they wish to use for their own purpose and which they cannot find in conventional dictionaries of quotation.”

“My friends tease me because I don't like clutter. I'm not someone who gets attached to things.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Spending time in the presence of Jesus is a non-negotiable. Don't wait until you have time to do it. MAKE time.”

“I was discharged from the army for idiocy and officially certified by a special commission as an idiot. I'm an official idiot.”

Source : Jaroslav Hašek (1993). “The Good Soldier Švejk and His Fortunes in the World War”

“This is a very serious matter, because it is our children who are the prize for this community, they are specifically targeting our children.”