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“Even for those to whom life and death are equal jests. There are some things that are still held in respect.”
― The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales
― The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales
“It's a strange courage
you give me ancient star:
Shine alone in the sunrise
toward which you lend no part!”
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you give me ancient star:
Shine alone in the sunrise
toward which you lend no part!”
―
“Bishops move diagonally. That's why they often turn up where the kings don't expect them to be.”
― Small Gods
― Small Gods
“Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think.”
― Small Gods
― Small Gods
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― The Return of the King
― The Return of the King
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