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Last of all Hurin stood alone. Then he cast aside his shield, and wielded an axe two-handed; and it is sung that the axe smoked in the black blood of the troll-guard of Gothmog until it withered, and each time that he slew Hurin cried: 'Aure entuluva! Day shall come again!' Seventy times he uttered that cry; but they took him at last alive...

J.R.R. Tolkien
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As a lord was heldfor the strength of his body and stoutness of heart.Much lore he learned, and loved wisdombut fortune followed him in few desires;oft wrong and awry what he wrought turned;what he loved he lost, what he longed for he won not;and full friendship he found not easily,nor was lightly loved for his looks were sad.He was gloom-hearted, and glad seldomfor the sundering sorrow that filled his youth...(On Turin Turambar - The Children of Hurin)

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lays of Beleriand
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Though mortal Men have little life beside the span of the Elves, they would rather spend it in battle than fly or submit. The defiance of Húrin Thalion is a great deed; and though Morgoth slay the doer he cannot make the deed not to have been. Even the Lords of the West will honour it; and is it not written into the history of Arda, which neither Morgoth nor Manwë can unwrite?

J.R.R. Tolkien
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But whenever I say that I will do this or that, it looks very different when the time comes.

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Húrin
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Perhaps it is better not to tell what you wish. if you cannot have it.

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Húrin
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This was the first of the sorrows of Turin.

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Húrin
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Master of the Dark Shadow. For I also, Niniel, had my darkness, in which dear things were lost; but now I have overcome it, I deem.

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Húrin
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Grief is a hone to a hard mind.

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Húrin
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On their deathbed men will speak true, they say.

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Húrin
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