“The master is not the one who teaches; it's the one who suddenly learns.”
― Grande Sertao: Veredas
― Grande Sertao: Veredas
“Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love. Why Bilbo Baggins? Perhaps because I am afraid, and he gives me courage.”
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“It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end… because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing… this shadow. Even darkness must pass.”
― The Two Towers
― The Two Towers
“Voi ajunge în curând pe malul falezei și mă voi azvârli în gol. Ce fericire să plutești în aer și să cunoști, în sfârșit, acea senzație de lipsă de greutate pe care-o căutăm dintotdeuna! Îmi amintesc cu mare claritate de dimineața aceea, de strada aceea și de cerul de la capătul ei...”
― Dans le café de la jeunesse perdue
― Dans le café de la jeunesse perdue
“Deschideți ochii și vedeți cu ei tot ce puteți înainte să se închidă pe vecie .”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
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