i don't want to be seen as a pretty thing;
it's the pretty things we're always breaking

the fellowship of the ring

j.r.r. tolkien

i listened to this on tape (well, cd) in the car during my drives to and from northfield the past two weekends. it’s been years since i read these books, and i can think of few books with which to better pass the long drive to northfield.

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