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.
J. R. R. TOLKIENDon’t go where I can’t follow!
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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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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
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The wise speak only of what they know
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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, and in for all sorts of fun wherever you go.
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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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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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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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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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The road goes ever on and on
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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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It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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