I am not going to let myself be beaten to the ground by the dread of what may happen. Henrik Ibsen, - Robert Galbraith

I think there are a lot of nutters in the world, and the less we reward them for their nuttery, the better for all of us.

Pretending you’re OK when you aren’t isn’t strength.”
“Well, that’s where you’re wrong,” Robin contradicted him. The champagne had fizzed on her tongue and seemed to give her courage even before it hit her brain. “Sometimes, acting as though you’re all right, makes you all right. Sometimes you’ve got to slap on a brave face and walk out into the world, and after a while it isn’t an act anymore, it’s who you are. If I’d waited to feel ready to leave my room after — you know,” she said, “I’d still be in there. I had to leave before I was ready.

"Ridiculous," he said breathlessly. "You ought to give up detecting and try fantasy writing."