To be allowed, no, invited, into the private lives of strangers, and to share their joys and fears, was a chance to exchange the Southern bitter wormwood for a cup of mead with Beowulf or a hot cup of tea and milk with Oliver Twist.
“work within, worn and splintered and blackened though it was. A misty sun sent its pale light between the arms of the Mountain, and beams”
― The Hobbit
― The Hobbit
“guns, most of them openly in holsters, but she’d never seen the need.”
― The Neon Lawyer
― The Neon Lawyer
“between amusement and concern. I poked him unobtrusively, and”
― Drums of Autumn
― Drums of Autumn
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