“Courage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand-—that and such hope as I bring.”
― The Return of the King
― The Return of the King
“I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone.”
― The Hobbit: or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit: or There and Back Again
“And the memories of all we have loved stay and come back to us in the evening of our life. They are not dead but sleep, and it is well to gather a treasure of them.”
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
“God is not interested merely in the freedom of black men, and brown men, and yellow men; God is interested in the freedom of the whole human race.”
― Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story
― Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story
“The happiness of love is in action; its test is what one is willing to do for others.”
― Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
― Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
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