“The future, good or ill, was not forgotten, but ceased to have any power over the present. Health and hope grew strong in them, and they were content with each good day as it came, taking pleasure in every meal, and in every word and song.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
― Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
“To live under constraint is a misfortune, but there is no constraint to live under constraint.”
― Letters from a Stoic
― Letters from a Stoic
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