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I hope I never smell the smell of apples again!" said Fili. "My tub was full of ut. To smell apples everlastingly when you can scarcely move and are c...more

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Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars, not if you care for such things.

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Roads go ever ever on,Over rock and under tree,By caves where never sun has shone,By streams that never find the sea;Over snow by winter sown,And thro...more

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His rage passes description - the sort of rage that is only seen when rich folk that have more than they can enjoy suddenly lose something that they h...more

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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.

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All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men have died in battle and honour, you have leave to be b...more

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I stand in Minas Anor, the Tower of the Sun; and behold! the Shadow has departed! I will be a Shieldmaiden no longer, nor vie with the great Riders, n...more

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How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that g...more

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The love of Arda was set in your hearts by Ilúvatar, and he does not plant to no purpose.

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But of bliss and glad life there is little to be said, before it ends; as works fair and wonderful, while they still endure for eyes to see, are ever ...more

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Then Maeglin bowed low and took Turgon for lord and king, to do all his will; but thereafter he stood silent and watchful, for the bliss and splendour...more

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There came a time near dawn on the eve of spring, and Luthien danced upon a green hill; and suddenly she began to sing. Keen, heart-piercing was her s...more

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Now fair and marvellous was that vessel made, and it was filled with a wavering flame, pure and bright; and Earendil the Mariner sat at the helm, glis...more

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Last of all Hurin stood alone. Then he cast aside his shield, and wielded an axe two-handed; and it is sung that the axe smoked in the black blood of ...more

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In this Music [the singing of the angels in harmony] the World was begun; for Iluvatar made visible the song of the Ainur,and they beheld it as a ligh...more