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"Now done with repaying old debts and gifts of charity, I go forth into the plot of revenge! Quite the formidable opponents our poor Dantes has, I'm looking forward to seeing how he lies these three low, and if he can be happy with Mercedes in the end!
I'm going to Maine on Friday, and I'm not sure what book to bring. Maine always evokes nautical vibes, so that narrows my options. This book is a bit cumbersome..." — Aug 03, 2026 10:53PM
"Now done with repaying old debts and gifts of charity, I go forth into the plot of revenge! Quite the formidable opponents our poor Dantes has, I'm looking forward to seeing how he lies these three low, and if he can be happy with Mercedes in the end!
I'm going to Maine on Friday, and I'm not sure what book to bring. Maine always evokes nautical vibes, so that narrows my options. This book is a bit cumbersome..." — Aug 03, 2026 10:53PM
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"Long and hard to follow, but really funny and informing on Song Dynasty China. A great example of why too harsh of punishments reduces authority and culpability, and how corruption of even 1 person can ruin a civilization." — Jul 27, 2026 12:53AM
"Long and hard to follow, but really funny and informing on Song Dynasty China. A great example of why too harsh of punishments reduces authority and culpability, and how corruption of even 1 person can ruin a civilization." — Jul 27, 2026 12:53AM
“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
“Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.”
― The Return of the King
― The Return of the King
“Courage is found in unlikely places.”
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