AceaSpades on Nostr: “Deep indeed run the roots of Evil,” said Borlas, “and the black sap is strong ...

“Deep indeed run the roots of Evil,” said Borlas, “and the black sap is strong in them. That tree will never be slain. Let men hew it as often as they may, it will thrust up shoots again as soon as they turn aside. Not even at the Feast of Felling should the axe be hung up on the wall!”

“Plainly you think you are speaking wise words,” said Saelon. “I guess that by the gloom in your voice, and by the nodding of your head. But what is this all about? Your life seems fair enough still, for an aged man that does not now go far abroad. Where have you found a shoot of your dark tree growing? In your own garden?”

— The Peoples of Middle-earth, The New Shadow


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