He Had Lost His Smile And Without It The World Grew Darker, The Wind Colder, And The Ocean More Violent.

You did okay, Mickey. Hell, you tried. That’s a lot more than most people would do.

“What I wanted to do is show this parallel of how Mickey has become like Frank, in a way, when Frank was with Monica.“ 

This is the only line I retained from watching Dune

+ bonus:

self isolating to cope is great until you look up one day and years have passed and you realise no one knew you when you were 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 and now they never will

“ … But Fergus … this isna his place, Sassenach. Nor is France, or I would send him back. But he has no place there, either.”

“His place is with you,” I said softly, understanding. “Like mine.”

He was silent for a long time, then his hand squeezed me gently.

“Aye, that’s so,” he said quietly.    

     ~ Dragonfly in Amber, Diana Gabaldon

When you told me about Bran going beyond the Wall, all I could think about was getting my strength back so I could go and find him.