"I don't think I've ever quite grown out……" — Salman Rushdie
"I don't think I've ever quite grown out of it, actually. There was a point where I could recite some of those Elvish verses - which I've mercifully forgotten. But I can still, if really pushed, recite the text of the inside of the ruling ring in the language of Mordor."
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482 Quotes by Salman Rushdie
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There needs to be a thorough examination, by Muslims everywhere, of why it is that the faith they love breeds…
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Good advice is rarer than rubies.
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For a fellow who's not to much to look at, you have the instincts of a champion.
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Free speech is life itself.
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A child who can love the oddities of a fantasy book cannot possibly be xenophobic as an adult. What is…
— Jane Yolen
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Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars, not if you care for such things.
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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The Sword of Elendil was forged anew by Elvish smiths, and on its blade was traced a device of seven…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of Men for this treachery.
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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He was tall as a young tree, lithe, immensely strong, able swiftly to draw a great war-bow and shoot down…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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Motherfuckers will read a book that’s one third Elvish, but put two sentences in Spanish and they [white people] think…
— Junot Diaz
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For ancient king and elvish lord There many a gleaming golden hoard They shaped and wrought, and light they caught…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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