There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
J. R. R. TOLKIENFalse hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to tea -any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Good bye!
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From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.
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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, and in for all sorts of fun wherever you go.
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There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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Never laugh at live dragons.
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The road goes ever on and on
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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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