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"After several false starts, I am finally READING this, and loving it as much as I feared I would. Nearly unputdownable, and genuinely fascinating." — Jul 08, 2013 06:57PM
"After several false starts, I am finally READING this, and loving it as much as I feared I would. Nearly unputdownable, and genuinely fascinating." — Jul 08, 2013 06:57PM
“Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work.”
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“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
“He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a blank piece of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.”
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“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”
― The Two Towers
― The Two Towers
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