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Totally unexpected and surprising I was blown away by this original tale, which incorporates varying genres (despite being classified as ‘young adult’). Delicatel ...more "
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“Even the smallest person can change the course of the future”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
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“The assignment of meanings [in music] is a shifting, kaleidoscopic play, probably below the threshold of consciousness, certainly outside the pale of discursive thinking. The imagination that responds to music is personal and associative and logical, tinged with affect, tinged with bodily rhythm, tinged with dream, but concerned with a wealth of formulations for its wealth of wordless knowledge, its whole knowledge of emotional and organic experience, of vital impulse, balance, conflict, the ways of living and dying and feeling.”
― Philosophy in a New Key: A Study in the Symbolism of Reason, Rite, and Art
― Philosophy in a New Key: A Study in the Symbolism of Reason, Rite, and Art
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“The world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters.”
― Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
― Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
“Nothing stands still, except in our memory.”
― Tom's Midnight Garden
― Tom's Midnight Garden
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“I’ve never known fear; as a youth I fought/ In endless battles. I am old, now,/ But I will fight again, seek fame still,/ If the dragon hiding in his tower dares/ To face me”
― Beowulf
― Beowulf
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**Currently on hiatus for 2016** Share your obsession. Spread the magic. Read books, discuss books and love books! The Not-So Austen Bookclub is a ...more
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Discussion, recommendations, and all-over appreciation for Britain's own myth maker, Professor J.R.R. Tolkien. ...more
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The T.C.B.S (Tea Club and Barrovian Society), founded by JRR Tolkien, Geoffrey Bache Smith, Christopher Wiseman and Robert Gilson is for "those who wo ...more
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NaNoWriMo is great for finishing your book, but what then? Should you self-publish or seek a traditional publisher? What do agents do and how do you g ...more
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What is Philosophy? Why is it important? How do you use it? This group looks at these questions and others: ethics, government, economics, skepticism, ...more
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