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    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
    tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither
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    Stephen King
    “I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
    I aim with my eye.

    I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
    I shoot with my mind.

    I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
    I kill with my heart.”
    ― Stephen King, The Gunslinger
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  • #3
    Dan Simmons
    “Evolution brings human beings. Human beings, through a long and painful process, bring humanity.”
    ― Dan Simmons, Hyperion
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  • #4
    Dylan Thomas
    “Do not go gentle into that good night,
    Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
    Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
    ― Dylan Thomas, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
    tags: death-and-dying, inspirational, philosophy, poetry
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  • #5
    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
    tags: adventuring, death, time
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  • #6
    George R.R. Martin
    “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
    tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books
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  • #7
    George R.R. Martin
    “... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: books, mind
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  • #8
    William Blake
    “To see a World in a Grain of Sand
    And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
    Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
    And Eternity in an hour.”
    ― William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
    tags: inspirational, wonder
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  • #9
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien
    tags: fantasy, literature, philosophy
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  • #10
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising
    I came singing into the sun, sword unsheathing.
    To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking:
    Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall! ”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
    tags: hope
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  • #11
    Ursula K. Le Guin
    “Only in silence the word,
    Only in dark the light,
    Only in dying life:
    Bright the hawk's flight
    On the empty sky.

    —The Creation of Éa”
    ― Ursula K. Le Guin
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  • #12
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
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  • #13
    William Styron
    “A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
    ― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron
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  • #14
    Plato
    “A house that has a library in it has a soul.”
    ― Plato
    tags: attributed-no-source
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  • #15
    Victor Hugo
    “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”
    ― Victor Hugo
    tags: literature, music, poetry
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  • #16
    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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  • #17
    Albert Einstein
    “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity”
    ― Albert Einstein
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  • #18
    George R.R. Martin
    “You know nothing, Jon Snow.”
    ― George R.R. Martin
    tags: a-song-of-ice-and-fire, jon-snow, storm-of-swords
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  • #19
    George R.R. Martin
    “A man might befriend a wolf, even break a wolf, but no man could truly tame a wolf.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
    tags: skinchanger, warg, winter-is-coming, wolves
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  • #20
    George R.R. Martin
    “Bear Island knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is STARK.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
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