I guess, Boromir: "In the deep places of the world! And thither we are going against my wish. Who will lead us now in this deadly dark?"
The first part matches, as does "deadly darkness". No idea about the "my my my"
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You gots it!
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Here you go:
However, it will die. Many Western people my little old lady's man grow unmingled animals in addition to other methods of the uterus.
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"other methods of the uterus" 
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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This should get a prize of some sort.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Yes! I was just coming to give the "uterus" hint.
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"my little old lady's man grow unmingled animals" is also classic.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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That bit contains the one word that was not translated at all. Ever.
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No, much, much later.
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Um. Faramir?
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Nope. Think of the word "Western"
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No....later. Also later than Faramir's entry in the book.
Spoken by a man.
Spoken by a man.
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Yes.
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It was spoken in Minas Tirith by a Man to a non-Man.
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Nope. Someone Taller. 
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