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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.

J. R. R. Tolkien

All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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Gold Lost Travel
He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.
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Dream Himself Season See Strange Time Vision Wild
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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Born Hope
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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Adventure Morning Myself Time Yourself
I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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Deserve Myself Philosophy Yourself
I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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Desire Kindness Love Man Myself
It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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Art Enemy Goodness Sick
May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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Moon Sun Walk Wings Yourself
Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
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Fear Patience Try Yourself
It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.
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Business Danger Road
End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
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Death End Journey Path
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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Dragon Himself Leave Live Myself
It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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Beyond Doubt End See
Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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Animal Death Voice Wings
May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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Darkness Light Yourself
False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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Danger Fear Hope

The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.

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