“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
((The Lord of the Rings isn't actually a novel, but a trilogy)
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"You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky
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