It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
J. R. R. TOLKIENFor 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 do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.
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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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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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I will not walk backward in life.
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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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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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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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May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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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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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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I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
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