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“I balanced all, brought all to mind, The years to come seemed waste of breath, A waste of breath the years behind In balance with this life, this death.”
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“¿Por qué te enamora mi faz de tal suerte que no te vuelves hacia el hermoso jardín que florece bajo los rayos de Cristo? Allí están la rosa en que el Verbo divino encarnó; y allí están los lirios por cuyo aroma se descubre el buen camino.”
― The Divine Comedy, Volume III: Paradiso, Part 2: Commentary
― The Divine Comedy, Volume III: Paradiso, Part 2: Commentary
“A good novel rushes you forward like a
skiff down a stream, and you arrive at the end, perhaps breathless, but
unexhausted.”
― How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
skiff down a stream, and you arrive at the end, perhaps breathless, but
unexhausted.”
― How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend”
― The Lord of the Rings (3 Vol) and the Hobbit
― The Lord of the Rings (3 Vol) and the Hobbit
“I cannot,” said Merry. “I have never seen them. I have never been out of my land before. And if I had known what the world outside was like, I don’t think I should have had the heart to leave it.”
“Not even to see fair Lothlórien?” said Haldir. “The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
― The Lord of the Rings (3 Vol) and the Hobbit
“Not even to see fair Lothlórien?” said Haldir. “The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
― The Lord of the Rings (3 Vol) and the Hobbit
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