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The treacherous are ever distrustful.

J.R.R. Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien

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GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it.

PIPPIN: What? Gandalf? See what?

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PIPPIN: Well, that isn't so bad.

GANDALF: No. No, it isn't.
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