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Dust pneumonia. That was what they called it, but it was really loss and poverty and man’s mistakes.
“A poet is a musician who can’t sing. Words have to find a man’s mind before they can touch his heart, and some men’s minds are woeful small targets. Music touches their hearts directly no matter how small or stubborn the mind of the man who listens.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“Ask about the ancient paths: Which is the way to what is good? Then take it and find rest for yourselves. Jeremiah 6:16”
― Believing God Day by Day: Growing Your Faith All Year Long
― Believing God Day by Day: Growing Your Faith All Year Long
“PERHAPS THE GREATEST FACULTY our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating, and even gruesome, may make a good tale, and take a deal of telling anyway.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“I am a beast until I love as God doth love.”
― The Diary of an Old Soul
― The Diary of an Old Soul
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