“Mightier than Este is Nienna, sister of the Feanturi; she dwells alone. She is acquainted with grief, and mourns for every wound that Arda has suffered in the marring of Melkor. So great was her sorrow, as the Music unfolded, that her song turned to lamentation long before its end, and the sound of mourning was woven into the themes of the World before it began.
But she does not weep for herself; and those who hearken to her learn pity, and endurance in hope.
...all those who wait in Mandos cry to her, for she brings strength to the spirit and turns sorrow to wisdom.”
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J.R.R. Tolkien,
The Silmarillion
