Matthew Carpenter

“So let me emphasize the important thing: there’s no cognitive difference in reading a sentence in a print book versus a digital book.”
― Jason Merkoski, Burning the Page: The eBook Revolution and the Future of Reading

“It was at this point that Bilbo stopped. Going on from there was the bravest thing he ever did. The tremendous things that happened afterward were as nothing compared to it. He fought the real battle in the tunnel alone, before he ever saw the vast danger that lay in wait.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

“Probably we each could point to times in our own lives when if we had listened to someone’s advice, we, too, could have avoided many problems.”
― Devin Brown, Hobbit Lessons: A Map for Life's Unexpected Journeys

“Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew