Ruth Armstrong

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
― Terry Pratchett, Diggers

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

“Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness.”
― Lemony Snicket