Where there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles.
J. R. R. TOLKIENPay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.
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A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
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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 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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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
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Not all those who wander are lost.
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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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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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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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Never laugh at live dragons.
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Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.
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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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