I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
J. R. R. TOLKIENThe wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
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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 am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me.
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Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.
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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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False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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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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I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air, I am he that walks unseen.
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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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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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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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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
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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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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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