For nothing is evil in the beginning. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Lor…

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For nothing is evil in the beginning. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Lord of the Rings: One Volume, p.193, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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