Matthew Thamert

“I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that I do not accept the tone of scorn or pity with which 'Escape' is now so often used. Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“When I honor, I don’t keep track of it. I don’t save it for later as a leverage point to get the other person to honor me. I do it because the behavior is consistent with the person I want to be.”
― Tim Ursiny, The Coward's Guide to Conflict: Empowering Solutions for Those Who Would Rather Run Than Fight