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The War of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #5)

by J.R.R. Tolkien

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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning

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“I guess when you are young, you believe that you will meet many people with whom you'll connect with, but later in life you realize it only happens a few times.”
― Julie Delpy, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

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“Even being alone it's better than sitting next to your lover and feeling lonely. - Celine”
― Richard Linklater, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

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“no one really
knows anyone. That’s the thing
about relationships - people are
always saying, “I want to know you,
I want to know who you are.” But
it is so hard for anyone to even
know themselves. Who I am is
always changing, so how can anyone
else share in that?”
― Richard Linklater, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

tags: relationships

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“…[Thomas Wolfe] says that we are the sum of all the moments of our lives, and that, uh, anybody who sits down to write is gonna use the clay of their own life, that you can’t avoid that.”
― Richard Linklater, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

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