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The Illustrated World of Tolkien

by David Day (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 11, 2026 12:19PM

That’s one of those things that makes me feel separate, knowing that the whole rest of the world goes somewheres at night and gets all recharged or clean or whatever, while it’s just me trapped inside myself in the dark all the time. I’m ...more

Hunger

by Knut Hamsun

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The Illustrated Man

by Ray Bradbury

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“The goals we pursue are always veiled. A girl who longs for marriage longs for something she knows nothing about. The boy who hankers after fame has no idea what fame is. The thing that gives our every move its meaning is always totally unknown to us.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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“Calvin : There's no problem so awful, that you can't add some guilt to it and make it even worse.”
― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

tags: calvin-and-hobbes, guilt

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“To rebel against being born a woman seemed as foolish to her as to take pride in it.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

tags: women

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“Your memories become fantasies if they are not shared,
and your life in all its triviality becomes a legend.”
― Aleksandar Hemon, Nowhere Man

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“Resist much, obey little.”
― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

tags: poetry

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