“I mean, we're all trying to find out who the hell we are, aren't we?”
― The Bourne Identity
― The Bourne Identity
“A couple gnomes showed up right outside the back door, and I left them where I found them because one of them was holding a steak knife and I don’t need that kind of crazy in my life.”
― Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One
― Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
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