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“We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

tags: reality-bothered

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“I will take the Ring", he said, "though I do not know the way.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: frodo, inspirational

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“It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on, coughing and searching, and finding.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

tags: grief

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“You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.”
― William Wilberforce

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“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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This group is devoted to the many fandoms of the world. We discuss movies, people, books, and more. Whether you're into Tolkien, Harry Potter, Doctor ...more

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