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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“The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the gift is acknowledged; it is the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that is weighed.”
Epistulae morales ad Lucilium • Lucius Annaeus Seneca“Without injustices, the name of justice would mean what?”
Fragments • Heraclitus“Look within. Within is the fountain of the good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.”
Book VII • Marcus Aurelius“I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.”
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes • Arthur Conan Doyle