“Criticism - however valid or intellectually engaging - tends to get in the way of a writer who has anything personal to say. A tightrope walker may require practice, but if he starts a theory of equilibrium he will lose grace (and probably fall off).”
― The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
― The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
“Sometimes problems don’t require a solution to solve them; instead they require maturity to outgrow them.”
― Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
― Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
“We all go through a challenge in life because without a challenge there’d be no reason to keep going toward your future.”
― The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
― The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
“The time has come," the walrus said, "to talk of many things: Of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings”
― Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
― Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
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