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“I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that I do not accept the tone of scorn or pity with which 'Escape' is now so often used. Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?”
On Fairy-Stories • J.R.R Tolkien“One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.”
Pride and Prejudice • Jane Austen“All I really wanted was to try and live the life that was spontaneously welling up within me. Why was that so very difficult?”
Demian • Hermann Hesse“Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.”
Human, All Too Human • Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche““It is necessary for a prince to have the people friendly.””
The Prince • Niccolo Machiavelli