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“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.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
"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.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
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“That night, at God knows what hour, Bill phoned me up and shouted, ‘Ozzy, I think my
house is haunted!’
‘Sell tickets then,’ I told him, and put the phone down.”
― I Am Ozzy
house is haunted!’
‘Sell tickets then,’ I told him, and put the phone down.”
― I Am Ozzy
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“I mean, we're all trying to find out who the hell we are, aren't we?”
― The Bourne Identity
― The Bourne Identity
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