gandalf: i liked white better. saruman: white! it serves as a beginning. white cloth may be dyed....

gandalf: i liked white better.

saruman: white! it serves as a beginning. white cloth may be dyed. the white page can be overwritten; and the white light can be broken.

gandalf: in which case it is no longer white. and he that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.

~ in j.r.r. tolkien’s “the lord of the rings — the fellowship of the ring”

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