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Quote by J. R. R. Tolkien

“I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations.”

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J.R.R. Tolkien was an English writer, best known for his fantasy literature, most notably The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit. His works have had a profound impact on modern fantasy literature. more

“At forty-two, I had never done anything that took my own breath away, and I suppose now that was part of the problem--my chronic inability to astonish myself. I promise you, no one judges me more harshly than I do myself; I caused a brilliant wreckage. Some say I fell from grace; they're being kind. I didn't fall. I dove.”

Kind Two Done Problem Fall My Own Grace Judging Promise Breaths Brilliant Forty Be Kind Inability I Promise Dove Judge Me Wreckage

Book:The Mermaid Chair

Source: The Mermaid Chair

“I would like to write a Book which would drive men mad, which would be like an open door leading them where they would never have consented to go, in short, a door that opens onto reality.”

Men Writing Book Reality Would Be Doors Mad

Book:Antonin Artaud, Selected Writings

Source: Antonin Artaud, Selected Writings

“Let us be the ones who say we do not accept that a child dies every three seconds simply because he does not have the drugs you and I have. Let us be the ones to say we are not satisfied that your place of birth determines your right for life. Let us be outraged; let us be loud; let us be bold.”

Children Doe Dies Three Accepting Health Birth Drug Determine Satisfied Loud Your Children Seconds Child Abuse Outraged Abused Children Neglected Child

Author:Brad Pitt

“Pity can purge us of hostility and arouse feelings of identification with the characters, but it can also be a consoling reassurance which leads us to believe that we have understood, and that, in pitying, we have even done something to right a wrong.”

Believe Done Character Feelings Understood Pity Hostility Identification Reassurance Consoling

Book:Native Son

Source: Native Son

“Violence is a personal necessity for the oppressed...It is not a strategy consciously devised. It is the deep, instinctive expression of a human being denied individuality.”

Humans Human Beings Violence Expression Strategy Individuality Denied Oppressed

Author:Richard Wright

“And even now she beats her head against the bars in the same old way and wonders if there is a bigger place the railroads run to from Chicago where maybe there is romance and big things and real dreams that never go smash.”

Ifs Way Real Dream Bigs Running Romance Wonder Beats Bigger Bars Chicago Big Things Railroads Old Ways

Book:Chicago Poems: Unabridged

Source: Chicago Poems: Unabridged

“I take you and pile high the memories. Death will break her claws on some I keep.”

Memories Break Claws

Book:The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg

Source: The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg

“As far as the lack of hits goes, I think perhaps it's because I've played a lot of different roles and have not created a persona that the public can latch on to. I have played everything from psychopathic killers to romantic leading men, and in picking such diverse roles I have avoided typecasting.”

Thinking Men Different Roles Romantic Killers Diverse Romantic Love Avoided Persona Latches Psychopathic Typecasting

Author:Jeff Bridges

“But no one came. Because no one ever does.”

Doe

Author:Thomas Hardy

“And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.”

Dream Earth Died Lays

Author:Tom Waits

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