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Professor Tolkien was so struck by this that he decided to write the fairy tale as it should have been, first in modern English and then with a sample in Old English, now published as Sellic Spell, Old English for ‘wonder tale’.16)
“His brain was deep-fried. No, he decided, it had been thrown into hot fat and left there, and the fat had cooled, a thick dull grease congealing on the wrinkled lobes, shot through with greenish-purple flashes of pain.”
― Neuromancer
― Neuromancer
“Ah, Gelfling, little Gelfling,” he said. “Let them go. They were made of Thra and have returned to Thra. Now that my quiver is nearly empty, I have room for new arrows.”
― Shadows of the Dark Crystal
― Shadows of the Dark Crystal
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“The voivode with the hard-to-remember name, who must have heard something about the affairs and problems of Fourhorn, politely asked whether the mares were foaling well. Gerald answered yes, much better than the stallions. He wasn't sure if the joke had been well taken, but the voivode didn't ask any more questions.”
― The Last Wish
― The Last Wish
“I liked it,” she said. “I think it’s a good lesson . . . We will always face hard times, but it’s important to remember that our sadness can often be what becomes our strength. There’s no weakness in sorrow or grief.”
― Song of the Dark Crystal
― Song of the Dark Crystal
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