#lows

After all this time?' 'Always,' said Snape. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#harry-potter #lily #lily-potter #love #memory

In every aspect of life, including the economic dimension, we are always challenged to do the right thing. In many cases in the market system, which allows a great deal of latitude for human choice, people can get carried away to excess. ↗

— Lee R. Raymond

#always #aspect #away #carried #cases

Not even to see fair Lothlorien?' said Haldir. 'The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#fellowship-of-the-ring #j-r-r-tolkien #lord-of-the-rings #love

This is surely the most significant of the elements that Tolkien brought to fantasy.... his arranged marriage between the Elder Edda and "The Wind in the Willows"--big Icelandic romance and small-scale, cozy English children's book. The story told by "The Lord of the Rings" is essentially what would happen if Mole and Ratty got drafted into the Nibelungenlied. ↗

— Adam Gopnik

#fantasy #j-r-r-tolkien #literature #romance #the-wind-in-the-willows

Against delay. Against the way that seems easier. Against refusal of the burden that is laid on me. Against - well, if it must be said, against trust in the strength and truth of Men. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#frodo #j-r-r-tolkien #lord-of-the-rings #men #men

As Christ bore and received us as sinners so we in his fellowship may bear and receive sinners into the fellowship of Christ through the forgiving of sins. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#fellowship #forgiveness #faith

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. ↗

— George Orwell

#follows #four #freedom #granted #make

What I enjoy most is travelling to different places and meeting new people. For me, it's all about life experiences, and I'm very grateful that acting allows me so many interesting and fulfilling ones. ↗

— Jensen Ackles

#acting #allows #different #different places #enjoy

I'm doing a play, a musical. The musical follows the Mamma Mia concept. It's my first LA theater project. ↗

— Tatyana Ali

#doing #first #follows #i #la

My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear of ulcers in Latin America. ↗

— Desi Arnaz

#blows #down #fast #goes #hear