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

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Life in an absolute sense, is worth living, just as art is worth pursuing, science is worth exploring, justice is worth seeking.”
― Yiyun Li, Things in Nature Merely Grow

“Now that I have a garden, I’ve come to understand Trevor’s point: gardening is good training for a novelist. One learns to be patient, one learns to make concessions, one learns to redefine one’s visions and ambitions, and one learns to stop being a perfectionist. A garden is good training for life, too.”
― Yiyun Li, Things in Nature Merely Grow