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"Don't the great tales never end?""No, they never end as tales," said Frodo. "But the people in them come, and go when their part's ended. Our part will end later or sooner."
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"Make them laugh, make them cry, make them wait."

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"Everyone wanted me to feed them that story-darkness to light, weakness to strength, broken to whole. I wanted it, too."

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"The hand of God is wonderfully evident at those times when He pens stories whose lines we ourselves are far too fearful to pen or whose imaginations are far too limited to envision. And I would unashamedly suggest that the Christmas story is that very story."

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