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"But of bliss and glad life, there is little to be said, before it ends; as works fair and wonderful, while still they endure for eyes to see, are their own record, and only when they are in peril or broken for ever do they pass into song."

Doriath! 👇

"Then Fëanor laughed as one fey, and he cried, 'None and none! What I have left behind I count now no loss; needless baggage on the road it has proved. Let those that cursed my name, curse me still, and whine their way back to the cages of the Valar!'"

"Tears unnumbered ye shall shed..."

Mwahahahaha! The Oath of Fëanor is one of my favorite scenes!

It's been half a decade and I still don't know whether to pity or to hate Fëanor.

“See, half-brother!” he said. “This is sharper than thy tongue. Try but once more to usurp my place and the love of my father, and maybe it will rid the Noldor of one who seeks to be master of thralls.”