

“If most of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

“Being against evil doesn't make you good. Tonight I was against it and then I was evil myself. I could feel it coming just like a tide... I just want to destroy them. But when you start taking pleasure in it you are awfully close to the thing you're fighting.”
― Islands in the Stream
― Islands in the Stream

“He spent six hours examining things, trying to find a difference from their appearance on the previous day in the hope of discovering in them some change that would reveal the passage of time.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude

“I don’t care about anyone, and the feeling is quite obviously mutual.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“Lost in the solitude of his immense power, he began to lose direction.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
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