J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
It was easier to believe in the Dragon and less easy to believe in Thorin in these wild parts.
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Religion is like an ice cold whiskey on a hot day.
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No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.
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Martyrdom is the only path to immortality that requires no talent whatsoever.
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From the Zen view all beings are in the grip of the three poisons, greed, anger and delusion ignorance.
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I want to offer a word of encouragement to authors: You have to feel called to the message of your book enough that you want people to get that message. When you get to that place, your passion goes through the roof, and then the other stuff happens.
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I started skating because I loved it. I started when I was three and I didn't know all the sacrifices and all the hardships and how difficult day-in and day-out it would be.
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We try so hard to be happy that we end up missing the most important parts of our lives and destroying the very peace that we were seeking
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As a kid, I used to be equal parts drawn to and horrified of the circus. They would have these beautiful canvas posters for Lobster Boy, bearded women, and this and that.
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It was easier to believe in the Dragon and less easy to believe in Thorin in these wild parts.
