"He loved mountains, or he had loved the……" — J.R.R. Tolkien
"He loved mountains, or he had loved the thought of them marching on the edge of stories brought from far away; but now he was borne down by the insupportable weight of Middle-earth. He longed to shut out the immensity in a quiet room by a fire."
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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