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Orthodoxy
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How can we contrive to be at once astonished at the world and yet at home in it?
“It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“The happiest people are the ones who've decided that everything they already have is everything they'll ever want.”
― Waiting for Unicorns
― Waiting for Unicorns
“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings
“Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”
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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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