“Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“But when a girl gives a boy a dead squid - that had to mean something.”
― The Silent Gondoliers
― The Silent Gondoliers
“At deception he means. Perhaps I am better than some, but every woman has a great deal of experience presenting herself as someone other than who she is, since no girl is ever everything the world wants her to be.”
― The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan
― The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan
“I mean, I really do think that love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. But I also have to say, for the umpty-umpth time, that life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.”
― The Princess Bride
― The Princess Bride
“There have been five great kisses since 1642 B.C...(before then couples hooked thumbs.) And the precise rating of kisses is a terribly difficult thing, often leading to great controversy.... Well, this one left them all behind.”
― The Princess Bride
― The Princess Bride
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