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The Emperor of Gladness

by Ocean Vuong

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The Artist's Way Workbook

by Julia Cameron

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The Briar Club

by Kate Quinn (Goodreads Author)

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A Room Of One's Own: The Virginia Woolf Library Authorized Edition by Virginia Woolf

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Genius needs freedom; it cannot flower if it is encumbered by fear, or rancor, or dependency, and without money freedom is impossible.

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Lilly ’s Quotes

“It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

tags: fellowship, gamgee, hobbit, samwise, tolkien

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“You can’t have one without the other. No fantasy, no reality. No studies concerning loss, no gain. No imagination, no will. No impossible dream: No possible solutions.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen & the Art of Writing

tags: inspirational

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“I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You

tags: humour, individuality, science-fiction

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“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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“Old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: memory

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