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Quote by J. R. R. Tolkien

“We are plain quiet folk, and I have no use for adventures. Nasty, disturbing, and uncomfortable things.”

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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

“Is there a secret? Yes. Anaïs Nin and Pauline Réage and Anne Rampling and Erica Jong all knew it. E. L. James knows it. It is the secret behind all of our writing. And our reading. Arousal starts in the mind. And grows in the mind. The brain is the most erogenous zone in a woman’s body. That is our secret. And it is what we share.”

Knows Writing Mind Body Age Reading Grows Secret Behinds Brain Share Zone Women's Bodies Arousal

Author:M.J. Rose

“I'm not very good at being alive. Sometimes I despair of ever mastering it, getting it right. When I'm old, perhaps.”

Sometimes Alive Despair Very Good

Book:The Silver Metal Lover

Source: The Silver Metal Lover

“To Vik Lovell who told me dragons did not exist, then led me to their lairs.”

Dragons

Book:One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Source: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

“We must take our sentences seriously, which means we must understand them philosophically, and the odd thing is that the few who do, who take them with utter sober seriousness, the utter sober seriousness of right-wing parsons and political saviors, the owners of Pomeranians, are the liars who want to be believed, the novelists and poets, who know that the creatures they imagine have no other being than the sounding syllables which the reader will speak into his own weary and distracted head. There are no magic words. To say the words is magical enough.”

“Wait. You work for me?" "I prefer to think of it as managing your incompetence.”

Thinking Waiting Incompetence

Book:Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files

Source: Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files

“People always equate beauty with good, but it just ain't so.”

People

Author:Jim Butcher

“Everything was perfectly healthy and normal here in Denial Land.”

Land Healthy Normal Denial

Book:Cold Days: A Novel of the Dresden Files

Source: Cold Days: A Novel of the Dresden Files

“It was like being at the bottom of an ocean, she said. There was no light and a whole ocean crushing down on you. But most people had gotten so used to it they thought it normal, they forgot even that there was a world above.”

People World Said Whole Light Used Normal Ocean Bottom Crush

Book:The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Source: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

“You see, money to you means freedom; to me it means bondage.”

Mean Bondage

Author:W. Somerset Maugham

“To lovers and dreamers and anyone who hasn’t truly experienced either.”

Lovers Dreamer

Book:The Edge of Never

Source: The Edge of Never

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