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63e539b
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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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tolkien
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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aa4b1fa
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My dear Frodo!' exclaimed Gandalf. 'Hobbits really are amazing creatures, as I have said before. You can learn all that there is to know about their ways in a month, and yet after a hundred years they can still surprise you at a pinch.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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a62467b
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From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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b978e29
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There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.
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tolkien
inspirational
sam-gamgee
middle-earth
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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a6ae7e8
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This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.
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time
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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467d706
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The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may be attempted by the weak with as much hope as the strong. Yet it is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: Small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.
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catholicism
humility
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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539b647
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We shouldn't be here at all, if we'd known more about it before we started. But I suppose it's often that way. The brave things in the old tales and songs, Mr. Frodo: adventures, as I used to call them. I used to think that they were things the wonderful folk of the stories went out and looked for, because they wanted them, because they were exciting and life was a bit dull, a kind of a sport, as you might say. But that's not the way of it ..
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tale
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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1d01e65
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Don't adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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4a46e4a
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Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.
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life
goodbyes
parting
sad
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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0596eb0
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I am old, Gandalf. I don't look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts. Well-preserved indeed! Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread. That can't be right. I need a change, or something.
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bilbo-baggins
fellowship-of-the-ring
weary
gandalf
tired
weariness
tiredness
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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338da31
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Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating, and even gruesome, may make a good tale, and take a deal of telling anyway.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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fb3d133
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Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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aeee9cf
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I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air, I am he that walks unseen. I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number. I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me. I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Lu..
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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bb000bc
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Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.
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old-wives-tales
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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eaf3341
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He [Bilbo] used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary. 'It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,' he used to say. 'You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.' . . .
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tolkien
middle-earth
frodo
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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9b31ad6
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I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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4187350
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Farewell! O Gandalf! May you ever appear where you are most needed and least expected!
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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4b9bd64
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He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.
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wanderlust
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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4ce636a
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
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strength
lost
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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3bf54e6
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Where there's life there's hope, and need of vittles.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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074558d
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It is said by the Eldar that in water there lives yet the echo of the Music of the Ainur more than in any substance that is in this Earth; and many of the Children of Iluvatar hearken still unsated to the voices of the Sea, and yet know not for what they listen.
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sea
water
ocean
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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6913b29
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Come, Mr. Frodo!' he cried. 'I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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samwise-gamgee
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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93b473b
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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!' Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need. And he has been well rewarded, Frodo. Be sure that he took so little hurt from the evil, and escaped in the end, because he began his ownership of the Ring so. With Pity.
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pity
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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7666019
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Faerie contains many things besides elves and fays, and besides dwarfs, witches, trolls, giants, or dragons; it holds the seas, the sun, the moon, the sky; and the earth, and all things that are in it: tree and bird, water and stone, wine and bread, and ourselves, mortal men, when we are enchanted.
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fairy-tale
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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ade28f9
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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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a241852
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It was at this point that Bilbo stopped. Going on from there was the bravest thing he ever did. The tremendous things that happened afterward were as nothing compared to it. He fought the real battle in the tunnel alone, before he ever saw the vast danger that lay in wait.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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8ebf2b0
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Sorry! I don't want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to tea -any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Good bye!
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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a7ad24e
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The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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db3521a
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False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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435b4a9
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I wished to be loved by another,' [Eowyn] answered. 'But I desire no man's pity.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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2ca9d57
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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14ba1d8
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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.
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wind
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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0c06003
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I will not walk backward in life.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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c916492
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You can trust us to stick to you through thick and thin - to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours - closer than you yourself keep it. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends, Frodo. Anyway: there it is. We know most of what Gandalf has told you. We know a good deal about the ring. We are horribly afraid-but we are coming with you; or following you like..
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tolkien
true-love
friendship
middle-earth
frodo
merry
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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68eab44
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Farewell! I go to find the Sun!
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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2cd211b
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The wise speak only of what they know
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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ada97dc
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End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
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life
end
path
journey
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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f1cfc84
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Journey's end In western lands beneath the Sun The flowers may rise in Spring, The trees may bud, the waters run, The merry finches sing. Or there maybe 'tis cloudless night, And swaying branches bear The Elven-stars as jewels white Amid their branching hair. Though here at journey's end I lie In darkness buried deep, Beyond all towers strong and high, Beyond all mountains steep, Above all shadows rides the Sun And Stars for ever dwell:
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poem
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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e4a9a57
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The leaves were long, the grass was green, The hemlock-umbels tall and fair, And in the glade a light was seen Of stars in shadow shimmering. Tinuviel was dancing there To music of a pipe unseen, And light of stars was in her hair, And in her raiment glimmering. There Beren came from mountains cold, And lost he wandered under leaves, And where the Elven-river rolled. He walked along and sorrowing. He peered between the hemlock-leaves And sa..
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tinuviel
luthien
elves
mortal
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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40998ca
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.
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riddle
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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821c8f7
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Eomer said, 'How is a man to judge what to do in such times?' As he has ever judged,' said Aragorn. 'Good and evil have not changed since yesteryear, nor are they one thing among Elves and another among Men. It is a man's part to discern them, as much in the Golden Wood as in his own house.
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catholic-spirituality
catholicism
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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6564f8f
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Frodo: I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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a75c081
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But I am the real Strider, fortunately. I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will.
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heroes
gallantry
lord-of-the-rings
oath
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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4989977
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Begone, foul dwimmerlaik, lord of carrion! Leave the dead in peace!" A cold voice answered: 'Come not between the Nazgul and his prey! Or he will not slay thee in thy turn. He will bear thee away to the houses of lamentation, beyond all darkness, where thy flesh shall be devoured, and thy shrivelled mind be left naked to the Lidless Eye." A sword rang as it was drawn. "Do what you will; but I will hinder it, if I may." "Hinder me? Thou fool..
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Éowyn
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J.R.R. Tolkien |