For the trouble with the real folk of Faerie is that they do not alway…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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For the trouble with the real folk of Faerie is that they do not always look like what they are; and they put on the pride and beauty that we would fain wear ourselves. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). Tales from the Perilous Realm, p.321, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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