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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “I have never been out of my own land before. And if I had known what the world outside was like, I don't think I should have had the heart to leave it.'
    'Not even to see fair Lothlorien?' said Haldir. 'The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man
    tags: books, humor
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    Henry David Thoreau
    “Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.”
    ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden and Other Writings
    tags: simplicity
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
    tags: fantasy, humor, imagination, literature, stories
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    Robin Hobb
    “Don’t do what you can’t undo, until you’ve considered what you can’t do once you’ve done it.”
    ― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice
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    Rachel Aaron
    “Why are you still complaining?” Miranda said. “It didn’t help yesterday; it didn’t help two weeks ago. What makes you think it’ll help now?”
    ― Rachel Aaron, The Legend of Eli Monpress
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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
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    Henry David Thoreau
    “Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.”
    ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods
    tags: books
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    Terry Pratchett
    “The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Diggers
    tags: humor, open-mind, thinking
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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    Henry David Thoreau
    “I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”
    ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods
    tags: companions, company, privacy, solitude
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    Steven Moffat
    “We're all stories, in the end.”
    ― Steven Moffat
    tags: amy-pond, doctor-who, eleven, steven-moffat, stories
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    Steve Martin
    “A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
    ― Steve Martin
    tags: humor, obvious, simile
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Do you remember me telling you we are practicing non-verbal spells, Potter?"
    "Yes," said Harry stiffly.
    "Yes, sir."
    "There's no need to call me "sir" Professor."
    The words had escaped him before he knew what he was saying.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    tags: humor, rebellion, sarcasm
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    Edward Swift
    “One is either an artist or one is not. It is not something one becomes. It is something that one is from birth. We do not study to be artists. We study to become more proficient. To understand more.”
    ― Edward Swift
    tags: art, artistry, being-yourself, creativity, identity, self-knowledge
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Jingo
    tags: humor, proverb
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “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.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: family, friends, parties, social
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien
    tags: food, happiness
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: hope, inspirational, love
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    Alison Weir
    “I prefer to be left alone with my books.”
    ― Alison Weir, Innocent Traitor
    tags: book-lover, jane-grey, solitude
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    Jimmy Carr
    “The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.”
    ― Jimmy Carr, Before & Laughter
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