Here you find us sitting on a field of victory, amid the plunder of ar…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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Here you find us sitting on a field of victory, amid the plunder of armies, and you wonder how we came by a few well-earned comforts! ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings, p.544, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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