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#1

“I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: books-reading

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#2

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: glitter, journey, shine, tolkien, travel, wander, wanderlust

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#3

“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: age, books, re-reading, reading

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#4

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: anti-christian, christianity, christians, jesus-christ

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#5

“Come, Mr. Frodo!' he cried. 'I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

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#6

“Death is lighter than a feather. Duty, heavier than a mountain.”
― Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World

tags: fantasy-fiction, fantasy-literature

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#7

“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: education

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#8

“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: eating-reading

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#9

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: dance, music

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#10

“Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.”
― Lloyd Alexander, The High King

tags: good-deeds, hero, heroism, selflessness

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#11

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

tags: wisdom

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#12

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor

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#13

“Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”
― Garrison Keillor

tags: humor, religion

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#14

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
― Jim Henson

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#15

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
― Groucho Marx

tags: books, humor, reading, television

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#16

“Reality continues to ruin my life.”
― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

tags: calvin-and-hobbes, humor, life

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#17

“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.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: adventuring, death, time

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#18

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
― Isaac Asimov

tags: life, science, wisdom

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#19

“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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#20

“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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#21

“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
― Albert Einstein

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#22

“He couldn’t help remembering how much he’d wanted a puppy when he was a little boy. Mind you, they’d been starving – anything with meat on it would have done.”
― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

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#23

“If you can’t handle what is happening to you, focus on what is happening to another. Then you might be able to help them and yourself.”
― David Jamison, Fire's Ruin

tags: inspirational

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#24

“You're a refugee? I didn't know that Haelfaen was at war!" he said, the soldier in him taking charge.
"I wasn't aware that I had stated my nationality of origin," Mot responded a little cagily. "Regardless, you have guessed right, I am from there, and yes, they are at war."
"With who?"
"With me.”
― David Jamison, Fire's Ruin

tags: humor

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#25

“What is your profession, Mot?" asked Rivincast.
"I profess that I am a fool, as all sane men should," Mot rejoined.
Rivincast seemed befuddled by the response but tried clarifying. "What do you do for work?"
"Stay as far out of its way as I can, and let it pass me by as often as I can.”
― David Jamison, Fire's Ruin

tags: humor

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