But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
J. R. R. TOLKIENDo not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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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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I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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The wise speak only of what they know
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There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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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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And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.
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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 useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
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Even the smallest person can change the course of the future
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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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Pay 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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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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