"They shall sleep now in the darkness under……" — J.R.R. Tolkien
"They shall sleep now in the darkness under stone, and shall not come forth until the Firstborn have awakened upon Earth."
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756 Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
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The war made me poignantly aware of the beauty of the world.
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