And amid all the splendours of the World, its vast halls and spaces, and its wheeling fires, Ilรบvatar chose a place for their habitation in the Deeps of Time and in the midst of the innumerable stars.
J. R. R. TolkienWhat 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.
J. R. R. Tolkienevil labours with vast power and perpetual success - in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in.
J. R. R. TolkienWhen he heard there was nothing to eat, he sat down and weptโฆ โWhy did I ever wake up!โ he cried.
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