Joe McCluney

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and 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 us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“You have the colors,” The Giver told him. “And you have the courage. I will help you to have the strength.”
― Lois Lowry, The Giver

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It