There was a little corner of his mind that was still his own, and ligh…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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There was a little corner of his mind that was still his own, and light came through it, as though a chink in the dark: light out of the past. It was actually pleasant, I think, to hear a kindly voice agin, bringing up memories of wind, and trees, and sun on the grass, and such forgotten things. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, p.48, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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