

“We’re as likely to hurt the universe as we are to help it, and we’re not likely to do either.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars

“America is especially sensitive to war weariness, and nothing brings backlash like the perception of defeat. I say “perception” because America is a very all-or-nothing society… We like to know, and for everyone else to know, that our victory wasn’t uncontested, it was positively devastating.”
― World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
― World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

“I don't even feel as if I'm the center of my own world, so how am I supposed to feel as though I'm the center of anyone else's?”
― High Fidelity
― High Fidelity

“I can't tell you if this is the right path; the future is too mountainous to see to far ahead. ... Only 'the gods' know what awaits us at its end.”
― World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
― World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

“You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say.”
― The Two Towers
― The Two Towers
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