What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
J. R. R. TOLKIENDo not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
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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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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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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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What does your heart tell you?
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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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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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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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Not all those who wander are lost.
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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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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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