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If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through
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“You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!”
― Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
― Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
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“The mystery in how little we know of other people is no greater than the mystery of how much, Laurel thought.”
― The Optimist's Daughter
― The Optimist's Daughter
“We imagine that when we are thrown out of our usual ruts all is lost, but it is only then that what is new and good begins. While there is life there is happiness. There is much, much before us.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“Go back?” he thought. “No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!”
― The Hobbit
― The Hobbit
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