It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
J. R. R. TOLKIENIt does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
More J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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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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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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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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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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Deserves it! I daresay he does. 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. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.
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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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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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Come, Mr. Frodo!’ he cried. ‘I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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All’s well that ends better.
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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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And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.
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