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![“Strangely enough, the first time I tried to read [The Lord of the Rings] I was on holiday in Florida. I dropped it in the pool my first day there. If that's not a Pippin thing to do, I don't know what is.” quote by Billy Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/326/billy-boyd-20206_books_strangely-enough-the-first-time-i-tried_319741.png)
![“Insider can be more ludicrous. How did I ever end up [as one]? Carsick [Waters's book on hitchhiking] was on the New York Times best-seller list for five weeks. [One of the characters was] a singing asshole that does a duet with Connie Francis! Times have changed. That's mainstream, in a weird way.” quote by John Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/john-waters-751_best-sellers_insider-can-be-more-ludicrous-how-did-i_2018014.jpg)
![“One of the other reasons for writing this book [My Beloved World] was to hold on to the person you first met. More of the world knows about me now and follows me in a way that never happened before. I didn't want me, the inside of me, to change. Because I liked Sonia, the Sonia who has been. So…” quote by Sonia Sotomayor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da1/sonia-sotomayor-1504_beloved_one-of-the-other-reasons-for-writing-thi_2654184.jpg)
