#jirt. jirt. jirt return my calls. pick up for god's sake man
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J.R.R. Tolkien, The History of Middle-earth vol. 9: Sauron Defeated - “The second version of the Epilogue” (p. 127–128)
#PROFESSOR TOLKIEN I AM IN YOUR WALLS.#this entire epilogue is devastating (honorific)#“and it seemed to sam that the fire burned low at her going”#“let them come! their time will soon be over. sam's coming back.”#“he heard suddenly deep and unstilled the sigh and murmur of the sea upon the shores of middle-earth”#weeping. rending my garments. if i had a physical copy of this i'd be flinging it across the room.#not pictured here but aragorn's letter also has me in tears. “he's coming north again.” giving them all elvish names (nerd).#“master perhael who should be panthael” AUGH#jirt. jirt. jirt return my calls. pick up for god's sake man#lotr#samwise gamgee#elanor gardner#sauron defeated#quotes#j.r.r. tolkien#“i suppose we shall have to come back?” “yes and we shall want to in a way”
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