“This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
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