"A nice pickle they were all in now: all neatly tied up in sacks, with three angry trolls (and two with burns and bashes to remember) sitting by them, arguing whether they should roast them slowly, or mince them fine and boil them, or just sit on them one by one and squash them into jelly."

-- J. R. R. Tolkien

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“Some of us learned in a school of philosophy which taught that all was for the common good and nothing for oneself and have never, in any case, regarded the pursuit of happiness as anything other than an aberration of the human spirit.”

Source : John Grierson, Ian Lockerbie, John Grierson Archive (1990). “Eyes of democracy”, Grierson Archive
“The thing that keeps me awake at night is a nexus between terrorism and massive destruction...the possibility that a terrorist organization could either acquire a ready-made weapon or fabricate something improvised that would have a catastrophic effect for us.”
“Happiness,... even the smallest happiness, is like a step out of Time, and the greatest happiness is sharing in Eternity.”
“Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it's not the right way but wrong's what I do best.”

Source : Song: Wrong's What I Do Best
“Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into one big one.”
“Although from you I far must roam, do not be broken hearted. We two, who in the souls are one, are never truly parted.”
“I never think about the play or visualize anything. I do what comes to me at that moment. Instinct. It has always been that way.”
“Itâ€™s self-full to be first, to be as good as possible to you. To take care of you, keep you whole and healthy. That doesnâ€™t mean you disregard everything and everyone. But you want to come with your cup full. You know: â€˜My cup runneth over.â€™ What comes out of the cup is for yâ€™all. Whatâ€™s in the cup is mine. But Iâ€™ve got to keep my cup full.”

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