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Yet the Duke of Wellington was surely right when he said that a man might as well tell the history of a ball, meaning a dance, as write the story of a battle.
“Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings
“And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings
“NO ADMITTANCE EXCEPT ON PARTY BUSINESS.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings
“Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings
“Even the smallest person can change the course of the future”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
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