Must be this one from Théoden about the Huorns at Helms Deep
'Then if not yours, whose is the wizardry?'
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Yup!
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Al, your turn.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Believe in luck again! Last time I almost failed, but it wasn't perfect.
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Later in The Hobbit or later as in Lord of the Rings?
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was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
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Is Sam the speaker?
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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That's very nice, because the quote I was thinking of was actually spoken by Bilbo. 
Is it said in Mordor?
Is it said in Mordor?
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Is it related to Bill, the pony?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Yes to Frelga, no to Inanna.
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Is that Jude’s new moniker?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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It was farther in than I thought.
Trust to luck again! It nearly failed us last time, but it didn’t quite.
Trust to luck again! It nearly failed us last time, but it didn’t quite.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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That's the one! Your turn Frelga
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Context?Frelga wrote:It was farther in than I thought.
Trust to luck again! It nearly failed us last time, but it didn’t quite.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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It's toward the end of their trek, right after Frodo's most poignant line. "I can manage it. I must."
Sam decides that they are too exhausted to go cross-country and takes the chance on the road.
Sam decides that they are too exhausted to go cross-country and takes the chance on the road.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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