The realm of fairy-story is wide and deep and high and filled with man…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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The realm of fairy-story is wide and deep and high and filled with many things: all manner of beasts and birds are found there; shoreless seas and stars uncounted; beauty that is an enchantment, and an ever-present peril; both joy and sorrow as sharp as swords. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). Tales from the Perilous Realm, p.315, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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