Amuse-bouche: “Owed” and “owned” are two very different words in meaning, though in spelling they are only one letter apart. Like “siesta” and “fiesta.”
Today’s Wonderful Words: “obvious” and “oblivious.”
Something that is obvious is easy to notice. Oblivious is someone who doesn’t notice.
Without further ado, here are the top 10 fantasy and sci-fi books and series I’ve read. I included one of my favorite quotes from each.
- The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
- “You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way.”
- Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
- “Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.”
- The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
- “Anger is just anger. It isn’t good. It isn’t bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters. It’s like anything else. You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice.”
- A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
- “…a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
- The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
- “Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.”
- The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
- “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
- “We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.”
- Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
- “Perhaps it’s impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.”
- The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
- “What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing.”
- Perelandra by C. S. Lewis
- “The world is so much larger than I thought. I thought we went along paths-but it seems there are no paths. The going itself is the path.”
Answer to Saturday’s riddle:
“You are going to sentence me to 6 years.”
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