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"This is much better now that we’ve gotten into the story and met Bambleby! I started listening to the audiobook on 2x speed and that helped a lot." — Sep 07, 2026 01:18PM
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“That’s the trouble with a brain: it thinks more than you sometimes want it to.”
― The Wee Free Men
― The Wee Free Men
“First sight is when you can see what’s really there, not what your head tells you ought to be there.”
― The Wee Free Men
― The Wee Free Men
“As I learned to be Shepherded, most of the time, I didn’t really know how to discern His leading. This is the million-dollar question: “Is that me or God?” I noticed that rules, principles, and axioms are enticing to the flesh; they require less relationship, less giving up control. You can follow a principle without ever co-partnering with Jesus.”
― Love Secrets
― Love Secrets
“Human beings have a remarkable ability to accept the abnormal and make it normal.”
― Project Hail Mary
― Project Hail Mary
“I thought Fangorn was dangerous.
'Dangerous!' cried Gandalf. 'And so am I, very dangerous: more dangerous than anything you will ever meet, unless you are brought alive before the seat of the Dark Lord. And Aragorn is dangerous, and Legolas is dangerous. You are beset with dangers, Gimli son of Glóin; for you are dangerous yourself, in your own fashion. Certainly the forest of Fangorn is perilous — not least to those that are too ready with their axes; and Fangorn himself, he is perilous too; yet he is wise and kindly nonetheless.”
― The Lord of the Rings
'Dangerous!' cried Gandalf. 'And so am I, very dangerous: more dangerous than anything you will ever meet, unless you are brought alive before the seat of the Dark Lord. And Aragorn is dangerous, and Legolas is dangerous. You are beset with dangers, Gimli son of Glóin; for you are dangerous yourself, in your own fashion. Certainly the forest of Fangorn is perilous — not least to those that are too ready with their axes; and Fangorn himself, he is perilous too; yet he is wise and kindly nonetheless.”
― The Lord of the Rings
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