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“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
― Zen in the Art of Writing
― Zen in the Art of Writing

“Once, in my father's bookshop, I heard a regular customer say that few things leave a deeper mark on a reader than the first book that finds its way into his heart. Those first images, the echo of words we think we have left behind, accompany us throughout our lives and sculpt a palace in our memory to which, sooner or later—no matter how many books we read, how many worlds we discover, or how much we learn or forget—we will return.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind

“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.”
― Jingo
― Jingo

“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
Black Quotes
(Science Fiction & Fantasy)
1 chapters
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updated Mar 29, 2010 04:33PM
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Words have more power than any government has a chance of holding. When free thought is restricted, what better way than to fight back than with words?
As the Wind Dies
(Science Fiction & Fantasy)
2 chapters
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updated Mar 22, 2009 09:12AM
Description:
Magic is dying out and every day, new machines pop up every day to fill the void left by it.

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