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“Even when we lose an arm or a leg, there's not less of us but more. Human experience weighs more than human tissue.”

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Augusten Burroughs is an American writer born on October 23, 1965. Known for his memoirs, his works, such as 'Dry' and 'Running with Scissors,' have gained widespread popularity and critical acclaim. more

“Farewell sweet earth and northern sky, for ever blest, since here did lie and here with lissom limbs did run beneath the Moon, beneath the Sun, Lúthien Tinúviel more fair than Mortal tongue can tell. Though all to ruin fell the world and were dissolved and backward hurled; unmade into the old abyss, yet were its making good, for this - the dusk, the dawn, the earth, the sea - that Lúthien for a time should be.”

World Should Running Earth Lying Sun Sea Sky Sweet Moon Fairs Tongue Ruins Mortals Dawn Farewell Abyss Limbs Dusk Tin Silmarillion

Author:J. R. R. Tolkien

“And thus it came to pass that the Silmarils found their long homes: one in the airs of heaven, and one in the fires of the heart of the world, and one in the deep waters.”

World Heart Long Home Found Heaven Water Fire Air Deep Water

Author:J. R. R. Tolkien

“Among the tales of sorrow and of ruin that came down to us from the darkness of those days there are yet some in which amid weeping there is joy and under the shadow of death light that endures. And of these histories most fair still in the ears of the Elves is the tale of Beren and Lúthien”

Stills Light Joy Darkness Sorrow Shadow Fairs Ears Endure Tales Ruins Weeping Shadow Of Death Silmarillion

Book:The Silmarillion

Source: The Silmarillion

“They say you never know who's the real hero and who's the real coward until you're looking death in the face. I've always been afraid of plenty of things, but fear isn't what makes you a coward. It's how depraved your heart becomes when fear gets pumped through it.”

Knows Heart Real Faces Hero Plenty Coward Depraved Real Heroes

Book:Full Tilt

Source: Full Tilt

“Yeah, I know getting high isn't so smart. Ask me if I care.”

Ifs Knows Care Asks Smart Yeah Ask Me I Care Getting High

Book:Fallout

Source: Fallout

“You can't trust folk songs. They always sneak up on you.”

Song Folks Sneak Folk Songs

Book:Witches Abroad: (Discworld Novel 12)

Source: Witches Abroad: (Discworld Novel 12)

“it’s easy to get outside yourself when you’re thinking about someone else.”

Thinking Easy Easy To Get

Author:Christopher McDougall

“Life does not always gives us the choices that we want”

Want Giving Doe Choices

Author:Eloisa James

“When your enemies defy you, you must serve them steel and fire. When they go to their knees, however, you must help them back to their feet. Elsewise no man will ever bend the knee to you”

Men Helping Enemy Fire Feet Knees Steel Fire And Ice Song Of Ice And Fire Lannisters

Book:A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows

Source: A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows

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