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J.R.R. Tolkien Quotes: A story must be told or there'll be no story, yet it is the untold stories that are most moving.
         

A story must be told or there'll be no story, yet it is the untold stories that are most moving.


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A story must be told or there'll be no story, yet it is the untold stories that are most moving.
         



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