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Jared, Oriana and Ned talk about Jared’s choice of topic: Lothlórien. Following the necessary but still disastrous journey through Moria, the Fellowship of the Ring is able to evade pursuing Orcs to journey to this forested Elf realm, itself thousands of years old as an organized society but ruled in recent years by Galadriel and…

I I weep for Adonais–he is dead! Oh, weep for Adonais! though our tears Thaw not frost which binds so dear a head! An thou, sad Hour, selected from all years To mourn our loss, rouse thy obscure compeers, And teach them thin own sorrow, say: “With me Died Adonais; till the Future dares Forget…

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“Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like…

Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler My rating: 5 of 5 stars You know how there are amazing books that you have never heard of? Books that are so good you cannot believe that you never read them. Books that you wish you had read when you were a kid. This book is all of…