“It is true that I do not speak as well as I can think. But that is true of most people, as nearly as I can tell.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
“The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“After you get stung, you can't get unstung
no matter how much you whine about it.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
no matter how much you whine about it.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
“Silence has many advantages. When you do not speak, other people presume you to be deaf or feeble-minded and promptly make a show of their own limitations.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
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