February 2012
17 posts
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Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.
— “The Love Song of J. Alfred Pufrock,” T. S. Eliot
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“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I...”
– Pooh, Winnie-the-Pooh, A. A. Milne
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.
— The Fellowship of the Ring, J. R. R. Tolkien
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“We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition...”
– “The Weight of Glory,” C. S. Lewis
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“There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in...”
– Dune, Frank Herbert
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“I thought being an adult meant knowing what you believe, but that has not been...”
– Hazel’s dad, The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
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“Kissing in front of the loveless is an act of cruelty.”
– Linger, Maggie Stiefvater
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“It is the nature of stars to cross, and never was Shakespeare more wrong than...”
– Peter Van Houten, The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
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“When we talk about literature, we do so in the present tense. When we speak of...”
– Peter Van Houten, The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
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“I had a moral opposition to eating before dawn on the grounds that I was not a...”
– Hazel (Grace), The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
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“A nonhot boy stares at you relentlessly and it is, at best, awkward and, at...”
– The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
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“All get what they want: they do not always like it.”
– Aslan, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, C. S. Lewis
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“Oh Adam’s sons, how cleverly you defend yourselves against all that might...”
– Aslan, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, C. S. Lewis
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“There are some battles in life which a human being must fight alone.”
– “A Respectable Woman,” Kate Chopin
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“I never saw a worse paper in my life. One of those sprawling flamboyant patterns...”
– “The Yellow Wallpaper,” Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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“Yes, I said pray and rest. Even if it is only words that you pray, and even if...”
– Father Vincent, Cry, the Beloved Country, Alan Paton
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“He wondered why he did not feel some keen agony of fear cutting his sense like a...”
– “A Mystery of Heroism,” Stephen Crane