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7f76e1f
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I have passed through fire and deep water, since we parted. I have forgotten much that I thought I knew, and learned again much that I had forgotten.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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Over the field rang his clear voice calling: 'Death! Ride, ride to ruin and the world's ending!
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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69416de
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Evidently we look so much alike that your desire to make an incurable dent in my hat must be excused.
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incurable-dents
saruman
gimli
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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55516b3
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As she stood before Aragorn she paused suddenly and looked upon him, and her eyes were shining. And he looked down upon her fair face and smiled; but as he took the cup, his hand met hers, and he knew that she trembled at the touch.
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Éowyn
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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4376678
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When the glamour wears off, or merely works a bit thin, they think they have made a mistake, and that the real soul-mate is still to find. . . And of course they are as a rule quite right: they did make a mistake. Only a very wise man at the end of his life could make a sound judgment concerning whom, amongst the total chances, he ought most profitably to have married! Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that a..
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soulmate
soul-mate
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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d7e2958
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Legolas watched them for awhile with a smile upon his lips, and then he turned to the others. 'The strongest must seek a way, say you? But I say: let a ploughman plough, but choose an otter for swimming, and for running light over grass and leaf, or over snow--an Elf.' With that he sprang forth nimbly, and then Frodo noticed as if for the first time, though he had long known it, that the Elf had no boots, but wore only light shoes, as he al..
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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53451a4
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Three Rings for Elven-Kings under the sky Seven for the Dwarf-Lords in their halls of stone Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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1c35bd9
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That's the only place in all the lands we've ever heard of that we don't want to see any closer; and that's the one place we're trying to get to! And that's just where we can't get, nohow.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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db7f91c
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And yet, Eomer, I say to you that she loves you more truly than me, for you she loves and knows; but in me she loves only a shadow and a thought: a hope of glory and great deeds, and lands far from the fields of Rohan. - Aragorn to Eomer, of Eowyn
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love
sister
glory
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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fd671aa
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Well, I am going back into the open air, to see what the wind and sky are doing!
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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42856b4
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A nice pickle they were all in now: all neatly tied up in sacks, with three angry trolls (and two with burns and bashes to remember) sitting by them, arguing whether they should roast them slowly, or mince them fine and boil them, or just sit on them one by one and squash them into jelly.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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Do not trouble your hearts overmuch with thought of the road tonight. Maybe the paths that you shall each tread are already laid before your feet, though you do not see them.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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6c71ea8
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The stars are far brighter Than gems without measure, The moon is far whiter Than silver in treasure; The fire is more shining On hearth in the gloaming Than gold won by mining, So why go a-roaming? O! Tra-la-la-lally Come back to the Valley.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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31ebc32
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Together we will take the road that leads into the West, And far away will find a land where both our hearts may rest.
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lotr
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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f3e126f
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Gandalf thought of most things; and though he could not do everything, he could do a great deal for friends in a tight corner.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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76b6bd7
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The Sword of Elendil was forged anew by Elvish smiths, and on its blade was traced a device of seven stars set between the crescent Moon and rayed Sun, and about them was written many runes; for Aragorn son of Arathorn was going to war upon the marches of Mordor. Very bright was that sword when it was made whole again; the light of the sun shone redly in it, and the light of the moon shone cold, its edge was hard and keen. And Aragorn gave ..
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aragorn
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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cf1955b
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The realm of fairy-story is wide and deep and high and filled with many things: all manner of beasts and birds are found there; shoreless seas and stars uncounted; beauty that is an enchantment, and an ever-present peril; both joy and sorrow as sharp as swords.
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fairy-tales
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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7f587c1
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For you do not yet know the strengths of your hearts, and you cannot foresee what each may meet on the road.
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lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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4664017
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Shadowfax tossed his head and cried aloud, as if a trumpet had summoned him to battle. Then he sprang forward. Fire flew from his feet; night rushed over him. As he fell slowly into sleep, Pippin had a strange feeling: he and Gandalf were still as stone, seated upon the statue of a running horse, while the world rolled away beneath his feet with a great noise of wind.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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ef97b65
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If you find that not many of the things you asked for have come, and not perhaps quite so many as sometimes, remember that this Christmas all over the world there are a terrible number of poor and starving people.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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7dd9b0b
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You ought not to be rude to an eagle, when you are only the size of a hobbit, and are up in his eyrie at night!
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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dbaef55
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The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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e6793d8
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There is still hope.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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1667377
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Your talk of sniffling riders with invisible noses has unsettled me.
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tolkien
pippin
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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406b339
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If this is victory, then our hands are too small to hold it.
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costs
bittersweet
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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2f1c79b
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There was some murmuring, but also some grins on the faces of the men looking on: the sight of their Captain sitting on the ground and eye to eye with a young hobbit, legs well apart, bristling with wrath, was one beyond their experience.
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sam-gamgee
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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af71cef
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Don't tell us about dreams - dream dinners aren't any good and we can't share them.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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d0d8f0b
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Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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76959af
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The Balrog reached the bridge. Gandalf stood in the middle of the span, leaning on the staff in his left hand, but in his other hand Glamdring gleamed, cold and white. His enemy halted again, facing him, and the shadow about it reached out like two vast wings. It raised the whip, and the thongs whined and cracked. Fire came from its nostrils. But Gandalf stood firm. 'You cannot pass,' he said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. ..
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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29484b2
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Real names tell you the story of the things they belong to
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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b93513f
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Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed.
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hope
hobbit
sam
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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de9bfc2
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A sudden understanding, a pity mixed with horror, welled up in Bilbo's heart: a glimpse of endless unmarked days without light or hope of betterment, hard stone, cold fish, sneaking and whispering. All these thoughts passed in a flash of a second. He trembled. And then quite suddenly in another flash, as if lifted by a new strength and resolve, he leaped.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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35165c9
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I have in this War a burning private grudge--which would probably make me a better soldier at 49 than I was at 22: against that ruddy little ignoramus Adolf Hitler (for the odd thing about demonic inspiration and impetus is that it in no way enhances the purely intellectual stature: it chiefly affects the mere will). Ruining, perverting, misapplying, and making for ever accursed, that noble northern spirit, a supreme contribution to Europe,..
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aryans
wwii
demon
perspective
hitler
propaganda
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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e3e462f
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Oh! That was poetry!" said Pippin. "Do you really mean to start before the break of day?"
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travel
humour
poetry
funny
pippin
lotr
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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72a0b58
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Elven Hymn to Elbereth Snow-white! Snow-white! O Lady clear! O Queen beyond the Western Seas! O Light to us that wander here Amid the world of woven trees! Gilthoniel! O Elbereth! Clear are thy eyes and bright thy breath! Snow-white! Snow-white! We sing to thee In a far land beyond the Sea. O stars that in the Sunless Year With shining hand by her were sown, In windy fields now bright and clear We see your silver blossom blown! O Elbereth! ..
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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a3074ea
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Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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a57c530
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But Sauron was not of mortal flesh, and though he was robbed now of that shape in which had wrought so great an evil, so that he could never again appear fair to the eyes of Men, yet his spirit arose out of the deep and passed as a shadow and a black wind over the sea, and came back to Middle-earth and to Mordor that was his home. There he took up again his great Ring in Barad-dur, and dwelt there, dark and silent, until he wrought himself ..
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embodiment
sauron
terrible
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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b8269f6
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How would this do: and they all settled down and lived together happily ever after?' 'It will do well, if it ever comes to that,' said Frodo. 'Ah!' said Sam. 'And where will they live? That's what I often wonder.
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humor
sam-gamgee
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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cbe80f4
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Burn, burn tree and fern! Shrivel and scorch! A fizzling torch To light the night for our delight, Ya hey! Bake and toast 'em, fry and roast 'em! till beards blaze, and eyes glaze; till hair smells and skins crack, fat melts, and bones black in cinders lie beneath the sky! So dwarves shall die, and light the night for our delight, Ya hey! Ya-harri-hey! Ya hoy!
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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83389df
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That is the purpose for which you are called hither. Called, is say, though I have not called you to me, strangers from distant lands. You have come and are here met, in this very nick of time, by chance as it may seem. Yet it is not so. Believe rather that it is so ordered that we, who sit here, and none others, must now find counsel for the peril of the world.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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7d8ae7e
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So the days slipped away, as each morning dawned bright and fair, and each evening followed cool and clear. But autumn was waning fast; slowly the golden light faded to pale silver, and the lingering leaves fell from the naked trees. A wind began to blow chill from the Misty Mountains to the east. The Hunter's Moon waxed round in the night sky, and put to flight all the lesser stars. But low in the South one star shone red. Every night, as ..
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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35dea7e
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Far more often [than asking the question 'Is it true?'] they [children] have asked me: 'Was he good? Was he wicked?' That is, they were far more concerned to get the Right side and the Wrong side clear. For that is a question equally important in History and in Faerie.
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faerie
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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5cd01f2
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Third time pays for all
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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89e315c
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Child of the kindly West, I have come to know, if more of us valued your ways - food and cheer above hoarded gold - it would be a merrier world. But sad or merry, I must leave it now. Farewell.
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values-in-life
parting
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J.R.R. Tolkien |