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“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.”
― The Holy Bible: King James Version
― The Holy Bible: King James Version
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
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with your one wild and precious life?”
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“I wanted all things
To seem to make some sense,
So we could all be happy, yes,
Instead of tense.
And I made up lies
So that they all fit nice,
And I made this sad world
A par-a-dise.”
― A Man Without a Country
To seem to make some sense,
So we could all be happy, yes,
Instead of tense.
And I made up lies
So that they all fit nice,
And I made this sad world
A par-a-dise.”
― A Man Without a Country

“But I have been too deeply hurt, Sam. I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: some one has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.”
― The Return of the King
― The Return of the King
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