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Dhruv Bhandula
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middle-earth
Reading for the 2nd time
read in January 2015
Dhruv Bhandula said:
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A spellbinding tale of the happenings of the middle earth filled with love, despair, perils and adventures.
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The monkey population is definitely on the increase, and I wouldn't be surprised if one day it exceeds the human population. Of course, the way things are going, a time may come when we won't be able to distinguish between monkeys and
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Brilliant introductory line
“Writing is, in the end, that oddest of anomalies: an intimate letter to a stranger.”
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“Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep—it can't be done abruptly.”
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“Love what you do and do what you love. Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it. You do what you want, what you love. Imagination should be the center of your life.”
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“When I was sixteen, I made the discovery -- love. All at once and much, much too completely. It was like you suddenly turned a blinding light on something that had always been half in shadow, that's how it struck the world for me.”
― A Streetcar Named Desire
― A Streetcar Named Desire
“Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.”
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
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