It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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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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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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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.
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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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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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There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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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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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.
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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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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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