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“The world may be mean, but people don’t have to be, not if they refuse.”
― The Underground Railroad
― The Underground Railroad
“And so we beat on, books against the critics, borne back ceaslessly into rewrites.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“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.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
"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.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it.”
― The Sun Also Rises
― The Sun Also Rises
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