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J. R. R. Tolkien

"I had a mind to make a body of more or less connected legend, ranging from the large and cosmogonic, to the level of romantic fairy-story - the larger founded on the lesser in contact with the earth, the lesser drawing splendour from the vast backcloths - which I could dedicate simply to: to England; to my country. ... I would draw some of the great tales in fullness, and leave many only placed in the scheme, and sketched. The cycles should be linked to a majestic whole, and yet leave scope for other minds and hands, wielding paint and music and drama."

-- J. R. R. Tolkien

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“We're in a little funk. I don't think anybody's worried about our lead.”
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Source : "On the Heights of Despair". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1934.
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