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“So I fight for a Father who I never loved, against a brother that I did. I defend an empire that never wanted me against an army that would have taken me in a heartbeat.”
― Chris Wraight, The Path of Heaven

“I suspected the problem was that I was always the winner. But I could not for the life of me understand why that made people want to play with me less instead of more.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Carrie Soto Is Back

“I sit beside the fire and think
Of all that I have seen
Of meadow flowers and butterflies
In summers that have been

Of yellow leaves and gossamer
In autumns that there were
With morning mist and silver sun
And wind upon my hair

I sit beside the fire and think
Of how the world will be
When winter comes without a spring
That I shall ever see

For still there are so many things
That I have never seen
In every wood in every spring
There is a different green

I sit beside the fire and think
Of people long ago
And people that will see a world
That I shall never know

But all the while I sit and think
Of times there were before
I listen for returning feet
And voices at the door”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“He believed in the beauty and simplicity of doing something the way it has always been done but better than anyone else has ever done it.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Carrie Soto Is Back