Perhaps it is better not to tell what you wish. if you cannot have it. — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Húrin
Perhaps it is better not to tell what you wish. if you cannot have it. — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Húrin
Perhaps it is better not to tell what you wish. if you cannot have it. — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Húrin
Perhaps it is better not to tell what you wish. if you cannot have it. — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Húrin
Perhaps it is better not to tell what you wish. if you cannot have it. — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Húrin
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Perhaps it is better not to tell what you wish. if you cannot have it.

— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Húrin
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