Others (usually morning larks) will chastise night owls on the erroneous assumption that such preferences are a choice, and if they were not so slovenly, they could easily wake up early. However, night owls are not owls by choice.
“Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.”
― Wyrd Sisters
― Wyrd Sisters
“Even if it's not your fault, it's your responsibility.”
― A Hat Full of Sky
― A Hat Full of Sky
“Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.”
― His Last Bow
― His Last Bow
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