J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

For a while they stood there, like men on the edge of a sleep where nightmare lurks, holding it off, though they know that they can only come to morning through the shadows.

J. R. R. Tolkien

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  • Morning
  • Sleep
  • Nightmare