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  • TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Optimists of Lemmy, what gives you hope about the future?English
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    7 hours ago

    Reminds me of a quote from Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson.

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    It will,” Wit said, “but then it will get better. Then it will get worse again. Then better. This is life, and I will not lie by saying every day will be sunshine. But there will be sunshine again, and that is a very different thing to say. That is truth. I promise you, Kaladin: You will be warm again.

    Alternative Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers quote.

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    FRODO: I can’t do this, Sam.

    SAM: I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy. How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened. But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn’t. Because they were holding on to something.\

    FRODO: What are we holding on to, Sam?\

    SAM: That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.

  • TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoComic Strips@lemmy.world•A conversation from earlier todayEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Yeah this is pretty much the only reason I still use any social media like YouTube, Facebook, and Reddit.

    YouTube cause I like the long form video essays (yes I know Nebula exists, but I am cheap).

    Reddit for the niche communities that aren’t really popular here (Lemmy is my shitpost haven though).

    Facebook only exists for me because of Facebook Marketplace and literally no other reason.

  • TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Whats your favorite book? EDIT: apologies I don’t respond to your recommendations but I highly appreciate the community hooking me up with good reads. Stay lit with literature. <3English
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    6 days ago

    I had taken a pretty long break from reading for leisure. I read Lord of the Rings in high school and was convinced I’d never find something that enjoyable ever again.

    Then I read Dune and it really got me back into reading again. I also tackled the Mistborn trilogy and then the Stormlight Archive shortly after. There are also some other books by this same author that I picked up, such as Warbreaker.

    Then I read the first 3 of the Red Rising books (I am waiting for the author to finish the series before I continue).

    Then Dungeon Crawler Carl, and am now working my way through Wheel of Time.

    Some of this was fueled by me swapping out my time I spent on Reddit to reading books and a lot of it was just enjoying books once I actually picked them up again.

    All this to say…

    Try Dune! If it feels confusing at first, just keep reading.

    Or you can go into a more YA/easy read of Mistborn. Which is basically medieval fantasy. Think French Revolution era but with magic.