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The Hobbit

by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Patrick said: " p.197 "They were at the end of their journey, but as far as ever, it seemed, from the end of their quest." ...more "

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“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.”
― Harry S. Truman

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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom

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“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

tags: authors, books, literature, reading, writing

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“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: life, regrets

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“I am not a teacher, but an awakener.”
― Robert Frost

tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning, mentoring

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