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  1. Melkor to Ungoliant: "Do as I bid; if thou hunger still when all is done, then I will give thee whatsoever th (cont) http://tl.gd/11itq
  2. Ungoliant had crept towards the light of the Blessed Realm; for she hungered for light and hated it.
  3. Deep in their dark hearts the Orcs loathed the Master whom they served in fear, the maker only of their misery.
  4. The hearts of Balrogs were of fire, but they were cloaked in darkness, and terror went before them; they had whips of flame.
  5. Illuvatar knew that Men would stray often: "These too shall find that all that they do redounds at the end only to the glory of my work."
  6. Iluvatar willed that the hearts of Men should seek beyond the world and should find no rest therein.
  7. The land of Valinor became more beautiful even than Middle-earth in the Spring of Arda; and it was blessed, for the Deathless dwelt there.
  8. Too great is Varda's beauty to be declared in the words of Men or of Elves. In light is her power and her joy.
  9. Those to whom that music comes hear it ever after in their hearts, and longing for the sea never leaves them again.
  10. Believe it or not, I'm listening to "A Storm Is Coming" from LOTR by Howard Shore (http://bit.ly/g3hJV) #pandora
  11. Tim Keller, pastor of @RedeemerNYC, knows me & my writings much better than most. See these two talks: http://bit.ly/4nfncl
  12. "Here, son of Hurin, shall your home be; and in all your life you shall be held as my son, Man though you be." ~King Thingol
  13. 'False hopes are more dangerous than fears,' said Sador, 'and they will not keep us warm this winter.'
  14. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring;
  15. Renewed shall be a blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king!
  16. The bigger things get the smaller and duller or flatter the globe gets. It is getting to be all one blasted little (cont) http://tl.gd/vjnp
  17. The better & more closely woven a story is the more easily can those so minded find allegory in it. But the two start out from opposite ends
  18. The better and more consistent an allegory is the more easily can it be read 'just as a story.'
  19. Pipen: "No, my heart will not despair. Gandalf fell and has returned and is with us."
  20. "Between wonder, joy, and fear they stood [before Gandalf the White] and found no words to say."