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“Some people turn sad awfully young. No special reason, it seems, but they seem almost to be born that way. They bruise easier, tire faster, cry quicker, remember longer and, as I say, get sadder younger than anyone else in the world. I know, for I'm one of them.”
― Dandelion Wine
― Dandelion Wine
“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”
― The Two Towers
― The Two Towers
“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.”
― Confessions
― Confessions
“Love is not blind; that is the last thing that it is. Love is bound; and the more it is bound the less it is blind.”
― Orthodoxy
― Orthodoxy
“There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark.”
― The Two Towers
― The Two Towers
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