"A great dread fell on him, as if he was awaiting the pronouncement of some doom that he had long foreseen and vainly hoped might after all never be sp...

I'll get there, if I leave everything but my bones behind," said Sam. "And I'll carry Mr. Frodo up myself, if it breaks my back and heart.
~ J. R. R. Tolkien ~












I'll get there, if I leave everything but my bones behind," said Sam. "And I'll carry Mr. Frodo up m...
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