r/BeAmazed • u/Soloflow786 • 25d ago

Animal Even though he is getting old, the dog continues to get excited when he sees his owner…

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u/1981Reborn 25d ago edited 25d ago

Time is the greatest of equalizers.

This thing all things devours:

Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;

Gnaws iron, bites steel;

Grinds hard stone to meal;

Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

Tolkien

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u/1981Reborn 25d ago

Yes. My dad read me The Hobbit when I was young. This part always stuck with me hard.

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

Certainly one of the best chapters in the book Precious

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u/Old_Ad_2685 24d ago

The best book ever imo. I must of read this front to back 10 times. I realise now I'm over due a reread! I still have my first and only copy ive owned. I can smell them pages and see the browned edges!

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

Me too. I still have the copy my father read to me. It started a lifetime love of reading especially fantasy and scifi. The last time I read The Hobbit was to my own son when he was about 8 and laid up in bed ill. It would be my favourite book also.

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u/Lordborgman 25d ago

Every mention of time, this pops into my head. Always in the voice of the 1977 movie.