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“Go back?” he thought. “No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!”
― The Hobbit
― The Hobbit
“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
“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“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
“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
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