“I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history – true or feigned– with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse applicability with allegory, but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“Still it cried ‘Sleep no more!’ to all the house: ‘Glamis hath murder’d sleep, and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more,—Macbeth shall sleep no more!”
― Macbeth
― Macbeth
“At the time, my life just seemed too complete, and maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.”
― Fight Club
― Fight Club
“You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.”
― Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
― Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― A Dance with Dragons
― A Dance with Dragons
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