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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“I have decided to stick to love...Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
“I believe [...] that while all human life is sacred there’s nothing wrong with the death penalty if you can trust the legal system implicitly, and that no one but a moron would ever trust the legal system.”
― American Gods
― American Gods
“Life does often get in the way of one's reading.”
― Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
― Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
“I read my eyes out and can't read half enough...the more one reads the more one sees we have to read.”
― Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife
― Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife
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