He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
J. R. R. TOLKIENThere 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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The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
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Then Merry heard of all sounds in that hour the strangest. It seemed that Dernhelm laughed, and the clear voice was like the ring of steel. But no living man am I!
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False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.
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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
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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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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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Not all those who wander are lost.
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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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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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All’s well that ends better.
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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