". . .But if Legolas was with the Company, he would not interpret the songs for them, saying that he had not the skill, and that for him the grief was still too near, a matter for tears and not yet song.
". . .A lord of wisdom, throned he sat,
swift in anger, quick to laugh;
an old man in a battered hat
who leaned upon a thorny staff.
"He stood upon the bridge alone
and Fire and Shadow both defied;
his staff was broken on the stone,
in Khazad-dum his wisdom died."
As I'm watching Fox News, I'm hearing so many amazing anecdotes about President Reagan--about his genuineness, about his disarming one-liners, about his kindness towards even his enemies. What really impresses me is how many people have such fond memories of him. Above and beyond his political achievements, he was such a great person.
Very well-chosen quote from LOTR, Fedora. *snif*