“Tis never the place, but the people one shares it with who are the cause of our happiest memories.”

“Tis action moves the world....[in] the game of chess, mind that: ye cannot leave your men to stand unmoving on the board and hope to win. A soldier must first step upon the battlefield if does mean to cross it.”

“I believe there are no random meetings in our lives – that everyone we touch, who touches us, has been put in our path for a reason. The briefest encounter can open a door, or heal a wound, or close a circle that was started long before your birth.”

“When all the world is old, lad, And all the trees are brown; And all the sport is stale, lad, And all the wheels run down, Creep home and take your place there, The spent and maimed among: God grant you find one face there You loved when all was young.”

“So, you see, my heart is held forever by this place," she said. "I cannot leave.”

“Ye'll never best your fears until ye face them”

“Men who watch, and say little, very often are much wiser than the men they serve.”