Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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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I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
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All’s well that ends better.
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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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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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The wise speak only of what they know
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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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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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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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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.
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What does your heart tell you?
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Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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