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“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
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“True love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops.”
― The Princess Bride
― The Princess Bride
“A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.”
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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”
― The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
J.R.R. Tolkien
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Discussion, recommendations, and all-over appreciation for Britain's own myth maker, Professor J.R.R. Tolkien. ...more
50 books to read before you die
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These are the named books: 1 The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien 2 1984 by George Orwell 3 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4 The Gra ...more
Prologue: Harfoots, Stoors, and Fallohides
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I'm making this group specifically to host a discussion of race, racism, and representation in relation to the Hobbits in The Lord of the Rings as wri ...more
Lord of the Rings Read-Along
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This is a group for everyone taking part in the Lord of the Rings Read-Along. For more information, see tolkienreadalong.tumblr.com.
Francophonie
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Rassemblons les lecteurs francophones Que vous soyez de France, de Belgique, de Suisse, du Québec, ou de tout autre pays francophone, ou bien si vous ...more
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