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“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
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“Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.”
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“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”
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“Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that I do not accept the tone of scorn or pity with which 'Escape' is now so often used. Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?”
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Bruce’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Bruce’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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8,774 books
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278 friends
454 books
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4,093 friends
972 books
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1,650 friends
255 books
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307 friends
4,733 books
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5,777 friends
456 books
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214 friends
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