All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not wrecked by the frost.
J. R. R. TOLKIENIt is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.
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Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you’ve done since you left home.
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In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.
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I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.
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I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air, I am he that walks unseen.
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.
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Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.
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Even the smallest person can change the course of the future
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Not all those who wander are lost.
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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 have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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