Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, …

J. R. R. Tolkien
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Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Hobbit, p.47, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Hobbit, p.47, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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