Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.
J. R. R. TOLKIENFalse hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.’
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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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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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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Where there’s life there’s hope.
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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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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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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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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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I will not walk backward in life.
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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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