The Night Is Old. The Night Is Always Old.

The Night is Old. The Night is Always Old.

Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather

Susan was bright enough to know that the phrase “Someone ought to do something” was not, by itself, a helpful one. People who used it never added the rider “and that someone is me.”

But someone ought to do something, and right now the whole pool of someones consisted of her, and no one else.

Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather

Legolas pretty quickly gets in the habit of venting about his travelling companions in Elvish, so long as Gandalf & Aragorn aren’t in earshot they’ll never know right?

Then about a week into their journey like

Legolas: *in Elvish, for approximately the 20th time* ugh fucking hobbits, so annoying

Frodo: *also in Elvish, deadpan* yeah we’re the worst

Legolas:

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You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.

-Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind