"After some time he felt for his pipe. It was not broken, and that was something. Then he felt for his pouch, and there was some tobacco in it, and that was something more. Then he felt for matches and he could not find any at all, and that shattered his hopes completely."

-- J. R. R. Tolkien

#Broken Quotes #Shattered Quotes #Pipe Quotes

“The big lie perpetrated on Western society is the idea of womenâ€™s inferiority, a lie so deeply ingrained in our social behaviour that merely to recognize it is to risk unravelling the entire fabric of civilization.”

Source : Molly Haskell (2016). “From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies, Third Edition”, p.1, University of Chicago Press
“Theology, I am persuaded, derives its initial impulse from a religious wavering; for there is quite as much, or more, that is mysterious and calculated to awaken scientific curiosity in the intercourse with God, and it [is] a problem quite analogous to that of theology.”
“At first you can stand the spotlight in your eyes. Then it blinds you. Others can see you, but you cannot see them.”
“The truth is always an abyss. One must â€” as in a swimming pool â€” dare to dive from the quivering springboard of trivial everyday experience and sink into the depths, in order to later rise again â€” laughing and fighting for breath â€” to the now doubly illuminated surface of things.”
“There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.”

Source : Irving Stone (1941). “Clarence Darrow for the defense”, Doubleday Books
“Remember what to do when you're at the bottom of a hole? You've got to stop digging.”

Source : Carolyn Mackler (2009). “Love and Other Four-Letter Words”, p.184, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“Analyse data just so far as to obtain simplicity and no further.”
“The public forgot Bofors, soon they will forget this as well”

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