That's the only place in all the lands we've ever heard of that we don…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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That's the only place in all the lands we've ever heard of that we don't want to see any closer; and that's the one place we're trying to get to! And that's just where we can't get, nohow. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (1973). The Lord of the Rings part two the Two Towers
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That's the only place in all the lands we've ever heard of that we don't want to see any closer; and that's the one place we're trying to get to! And that's just where we can't get, nohow. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (1973). The Lord of the Rings part two the Two Towers

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