

“Citizens, in the future there will be neither darkness nor thunderbolts; neither ferocious ignorance, nor bloody retaliation. As there will be no more Satan, there will be no more Michael. In the future no one will kill any one else, the earth will beam with radiance, the human race will love. The day will come, citizens, when all will be concord, harmony, light, joy and life; it will come, and it is in order that it may come that we are about to die.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables

“His spells portrayed the spirit as a frail thing, contstantly under attack and in need of stength, always threatening to die inside you. Inman found this notion dismal indeed, since he had been taught by sermon and hymn to hold as truth that the soul of man never dies.”
― Cold Mountain
― Cold Mountain

“Fly you fools”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring

“I didn't want to tell the story of what makes two people come together, although that's a theme of great power and universality. I wanted to find out what it takes for two people to stay together for fifty years -- or more. I wanted to tell not the story of courtship, but the story of marriage.”
― The Outlandish Companion
― The Outlandish Companion

“I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living,
my baby you'll be.”
― Love You Forever
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living,
my baby you'll be.”
― Love You Forever
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