I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
J. R. R. TOLKIENA man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
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Never laugh at live dragons.
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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.
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The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.
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End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not wrecked by the frost.
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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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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 does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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