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“no more to be done in the matter. I have the honour to wish you a very good morning.” He bowed, and, turning away without observing the hand which the King had stretched out to him, he set off in my company for his”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

“Jock cringed every time she was near him. Story of my life. Being a single mother was hard enough. Having to dodge emotionally unavailable hot guys because of her daughter’s penchant for them made it even more difficult.”
― Melissa Foster, Tempted by Love

“Clinton, Henry Jenkins, Barry Joseph, Elisabeth Soep, Margaret Weigel, and Connie Yowell for helpful comments on earlier drafts of this report. In preparation for writing this report, we consulted educators, academic experts, professionals in the new digital media industry, and youth participants. We are extremely grateful for the insights and stories that they shared with”
― Carrie James, Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media: A Synthesis from the Good Play Project

“on the right is the first actual sketch of the Lonely Mountain, added in pencil. My father said several times that he had a clear recollection of writing the opening sentence of The Hobbit. Long after, in a letter written to W.H. Auden in 1955, he said: All I remember about the start of The Hobbit”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit