I had thought of putting: and he lived happily ever afterwards to the end of his days. It is a good ending… — J. R. R. Tolkien
I had thought of putting: and he lived happily ever afterwards to the end of his days. It is a good ending, and none the worse for having been used before. Now I shall have to alter that: it does not look like coming true.
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We must take a hard road, a road unforeseen. There lies our hope, if hope it be. To walk into peril – to Mordor. We must send the Ring to the Fire.
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'Yet sworn word may strengthen quaking heart,' said Gimli.
'Or break it,' said Elrond.
