Do not spoil the wonder with haste! ✨ The Return of the King: Being th…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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Do not spoil the wonder with haste! ✨ The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings.
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings, p.943, Houghton Mifflin Harcou … ▶
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. ✨ The Fellowship of the Ring epigraph (1954)
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All shall love me and despair. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Lord of the Rings: One Volume, p.258, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Do not spoil the wonder with haste! ✨ The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings.

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