Never laugh at live dragons.
J. R. R. TOLKIENSome 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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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.
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I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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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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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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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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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.
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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What does your heart tell you?
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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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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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I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
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