A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
J. R. R. TOLKIENCome, Mr. Frodo!’ he cried. ‘I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.
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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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All’s well that ends better.
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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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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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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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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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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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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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Short cuts make long delays.
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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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