It’s not our fears that enslave us, but how we face them.
“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
― The Brooklyn Follies
― The Brooklyn Follies
“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.”
― Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel
― Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel
“Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.”
― The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections
― The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections
“None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are.”
― The Vampire Lestat
― The Vampire Lestat
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