All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed
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“Once that resigned acceptance of a discovery comes, we forget that there was once such a kerfuffle. We act as if this truth were always with us, that it is self-evident. We forget the decades of persecution someone endured in order to shepherd us to the view we would now die to defend. And so we become comfortable – so comfortable that we will wantonly persecute the man or woman who comes to disturb our peaceful state.”
― At the Edge of Uncertainty: 11 Discoveries Taking Science by Surprise
― At the Edge of Uncertainty: 11 Discoveries Taking Science by Surprise
“love is what moves the world, I’ve always thought … it is the only thing which allows men and women to stand in a world where gravity always seems to want to pull them down”
― The Stand
― The Stand
“It is said that the skill of the Dwarves is in their hands rather than in their tongues, yet that is not true of Gimli. For none have ever made to me a request so bold and yet so courteous...I do not foretell, for all foretelling is now vain: on the one hand lies darkness, and on the other only hope. But if hope should not fail, then I say to you, Gimli son of Glóin, that your hands shall flow with gold, and yet over you gold shall have no dominion.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings
“There is no bond like having read and liked the same books.”
― Der verzauberte Garten
― Der verzauberte Garten
“That is the beginning of knowledge—the discovery of something we do not understand.”
― God Emperor of Dune
― God Emperor of Dune
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