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" But there was in Thranduil's heart a still deeper shadow.
He had seen the horror of Mordor and could not forget it.
If ever he looked south its memory dimmed the light of the Sun,
and though he knew that it was now broken and deserted
and under the vigilance of the Kings of Men,
fear spoke in his heart that it was not conquered for ever:
it would arise again. "
~The Sindarin Princes of the Silvan Elves, JRR Tolkien.
" The love of the Elves for their land and their works is deeper than the deeps of the Sea,
and their regret is undying and cannot ever wholly be assuaged."
~The Fellowship of the Ring: The Mirror of Galadriel