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Title: The Hobbit Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien Category:books Number of Highlights: 5 Date: 2024-11-02 Last Highlighted: 2024-11-02
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Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick. (309)
Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating, and even gruesome, may make a good tale, and take a deal of telling anyway. (778)
Tags:perspective,problem_solving,stories
There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something (or so Thorin said to the young dwarves). You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after. (864)
Tags:perception,search
âGo back?â he thought. âNo good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!â (1018)
Tags:favorite,persistence,perspective
âMay the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks,â (1592)
Note: Gandalf
Tags:farewell