"They gutted the book, making an action movie for 15-25 year olds. Tolkien became...devoured by his popularity and absorbed by the absurdity of the time. The gap widened between the beauty, the seriousness of the work, and what it has become is beyond me. This level of marketing reduces to nothing the aesthetic and philosophical significance of this work."

-- Christopher Tolkien

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“Knowing about the neurobiological and evolutionary basis for social behavior can soften the arrogance and self-righteousness that often attends discussions of morality. It may help us all to think a little more carefully and rationally.”

Source : "Causal machines". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 10, 2012.
“I'm probably taller than 90% of the men I meet.”
“You can build radiant health, success and happiness by the thoughts you think in the hidden studio of your mind.”
“Pain is Pain. Broken is Broken. FEAR is the Biggest Disability of all. And will PARALYZE you More Than Being in a Wheelchair.”
“I've worked a lot during the night. But I don't sleep in the day either.”
“The successful implementation of creative ideas within an organization.”
“I rarely listen to music while writing. If I don't like it, it bothers me, and if I like it, it absorbs me so much I can't write.”
“See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be”

Source : E. Lockhart (2014). “We Were Liars”, p.195, Delacorte Press

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