The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7)

by Robert Galbraith

The heart thinks constantly. This cannot be changed, but the movements of the heart—that is, a man’s thoughts—should restrict themselves to the immediate situation. All thinking that goes beyond this only makes the heart sore.

What has been spoiled through man’s fault can be made good again through man’s work.

Water sets the example for the right conduct under such circumstances… it does not shrink from any dangerous spot nor from any plunge, and nothing can make it lose its own essential nature.

Evil can indeed be held in check but not permanently abolished. It always returns. This conviction might induce melancholy, but it should not; it ought only to keep us from falling into illusion when good fortune comes to us.

Happiness is a choice that requires an effort at times, and it was well past time for him to make the effort.