It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
J. R. R. TOLKIENFalse hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?
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And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.
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The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.
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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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The road goes ever on and on
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Never laugh at live dragons.
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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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