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“For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change. And this fact is only threatening to those women who still define the master’s house as their only source of support.”
― The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House
― The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House
“The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is ‘escapism’ an accusation of?”
― No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
― No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
“Thieves! Fire! Murder! Such a thing had not happened since he first came to the Mountain! His rage passed description - the sort of rage that is only seen when rich folk that have more than they can enjoy suddenly lose something that they have long had but have never before used or wanted.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“We know this much is true, and it’s true for all souls: each of us will one day find the feast finished and, fattened or famished, step slowly backward into their own dark hall for that final night of sleep.”
― Beowulf: A New Translation
― Beowulf: A New Translation
“His rage passes description—the sort of rage that is only seen when rich folk that have more than they can enjoy suddenly lose something that they have long had but have never before used or wanted.”
― The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again
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