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It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.

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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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Goodness Hope Quite Worry
I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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Desire Kindness Love Man Myself
What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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Fantasy Himself
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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Gold Lost Travel
Courage is found in unlikely places.
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Courage Place
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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Fun Path Remember Safety Wild World
Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.
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Book Mad Myself Opinion Reading Writing
I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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Fantasy Myself
I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me.
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Alive End Friendship Himself Myself
A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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Fear Himself Man
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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Dragon Himself Leave Live Myself
Where there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles.
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Hope Life Need
Short cuts make long delays.
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Inspirational One Liner Success
And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
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Change Heart Herself Sun Understand
For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.
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Beautiful Beyond End Light Thinking
Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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Absence Myself Travel

It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.

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It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.

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