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J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

Celtic 'is a magic bag, into which anything may be put, and out of which almost anything may come . . . Anything is possible in the fabulous Celtic twilight, which is not so much a twilight of the gods as of the reason.

J. R. R. Tolkien

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