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“I know you'll think this odd, but I find it strangely exhilarating not knowing what's coming next.”
― A Darkness at Sethanon
― A Darkness at Sethanon
“Nothing that ever happens is so unimportant that it doesn't change things.”
― Polgara the Sorceress
― Polgara the Sorceress
“Gossip is never fatal until it is denied.”
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“I am old, Gandalf. I don't look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts. Well-preserved indeed! Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread. That can't be right. I need a change, or something.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings
“There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. Surely these should never be confused in the mind of any man who has the slightest inkling of what culture is. For most of us it is essential that we should make a living...In the complications of modern life and with our increased accumulation of knowledge, it doubtless helps greatly to compress some years of experience into far fewer years by studying for a particular trade or profession in an institution; but that fact should not blind us to another—namely, that in so doing we are learning a trade or a profession, but are not getting a liberal education as human beings.”
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2026 Big Book Challenge
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Gladys’s 2025 Year in Books
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