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The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton The Divine Milieu by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Istanbul by Thomas F. Madden The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
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The Sun Also Rises
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Jack’s Quotes

J.R.R. Tolkien
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
tags: encouragement, gandalf
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G.K. Chesterton
“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
― G.K. Chesterton
tags: fairy-tales, hope, paraphrased, possiblity
3008 likes

C.S. Lewis
“Since it is so likely that (children) will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.”
― C.S. Lewis
800 likes

J.R.R. Tolkien
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
tags: bilbo, journey, lost, quest, travel, wander
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