In the Wind II

Her heart sank into her shoes as she realized at last how much she wanted him. No matter what his past was, no matter what he had done. Which was not to say that she would ever let him know, but only that he moved her chemically more than anyone she had ever met, that all other men seemed pale beside him.

—F. Scott Fitzgerald, A New Leaf (via fitzgeraldquotes)

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.

—Aldous Huxley  (via mirroir)

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Then, Éowyn of Rohan, I say to you that you are beautiful. In the valleys of our hills there are flowers fair and bright, and maidens fairer still; but neither flower nor lady have I seen till now in Gondor so lovely, and so sorrowful. It may be that only a few days are left ere darkness falls upon our world, and when it comes I hope to face it steadily; but it would ease my heart, if while the Sun yet shines, I could see you still. For you and I have both passed under the wings of the Shadow, and the same hand drew us back.

—Faramir, The Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien (via lib-e)

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