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“even as he took her hand and kissed it, he fell into sleep. Then a great beauty was revealed in him, so that all who after came there looked on him in wonder; for they saw that the grace of his youth, and the valour of his manhood, and the wisdom and majesty of his age were blended together. And long there he lay, an image of the splendour of the Kings of Men in glory undimmed before the breaking of the world.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

“She had a way of pouring everything of herself into what she did. When she fought, she was the blade. When she loved, she was the kiss. In that regard, she was far more … human than any I have known.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Shadows of Self

“De todas las cosas que escribió Julián, la que siempre he sentido más cercana es que mientras se nos recuerda, seguimos vivos. Como tantas veces me ocurrió con Julián, años antes de encontrarme con él, siento que te conozco y que si puedo confiar en alguien, es en ti. Recuérdame, Daniel, aunque sea en un rincón y a escondidas. No me dejes ir.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

“If I'd been somone else in a different world I'd've done something different, but I was myself and the world was the world, so I was silent.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close