15 July 2024

from The Lord of the Rings, book 6, chapter 3, Mount Doom (J.R.R. Tolkien)

The lembas had a virtue without which they would long ago have lain down to die.  It did not satisfy desire, and at times Sam's mind was filled with the memories of food, and the longing for simple bread and meats.  And yet this waybread of the Elves had a potency that increased as travellers relied on it alone and did not mingle it with other foods.  It fed the will, and it gave strength to endure, and to master sinew and limb beyond the measure of mortal kind.

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