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I have no help to send, therefore I must go myself.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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J. R. R. Tolkien
Age: 81 †
Born: 1892
Born: January 3
Died: 1973
Died: September 2
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Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master.
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If you're referring to the incident with the dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door.
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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For the less even as for the greater there is some deed that he may accomplish but once only and in that deed his heart shall rest.
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