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  • #1
    “The symbol of peace cannot be daunted by evil. I smile to show the pressure of heroes and to trick the fear inside of me.”
    Kouhei Horikoshi

  • #2
    G.K. Chesterton
    “Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
    G.K. Chesterton

  • #3
    Brian Jacques
    “Wot Wot”
    Brian Jacques, The Long Patrol

  • #4
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “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

  • #5
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “All that is gold does not glitter,
    Not all those who wander are lost;
    The old that is strong does not wither,
    Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

    From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
    A light from the shadows shall spring;
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
    The crownless again shall be king.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  • #6
    Napoléon Bonaparte
    “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
    Napoleon Bonaparte

  • #7
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

  • #8
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

  • #9
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “If by my life or death I can protect you, I will. ”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  • #10
    Chuck Black
    “The problem with wearing a dress is that it clashes with a sword.”
    Chuck Black, Kingdom's Hope

  • #11
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that I do not accept the tone of scorn or pity with which 'Escape' is now so often used. Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?”
    J.R.R. Tolkien

  • #12
    Steven J. Lawson
    “Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty.”
    Steven Lawson

  • #13
    Orson Scott Card
    “I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.”
    Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game

  • #14
    Alex Russo
    “Anyone else?” she intimidated, the cannons on the other animals rotating to face the chests of the other soldiers.”
    Alex Russo, The Death of a Species

  • #15
    Alex Russo
    “While he could not directly challenge Fahim, Haroun had one advantage: he had direct experience with how groupthink could rapidly destroy prosperity of a country. And with his knowledge and invitations to be a guest speaker, he would do everything he could to educate others about the dangers of groupthink to prevent others from suffering like he did.”
    Alex Russo, The Refugee from a Democratic Utopia

  • #16
    Thomas à Kempis
    “Fight like a man. Habit is overcome by habit.”
    Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ



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