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J.R.R. Tolkien

“What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked.
"A cage," [Éowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.”

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
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