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.
J. R. R. TOLKIENAll that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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Where there’s life there’s hope.
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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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A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
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I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you’ve done since you left home.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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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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And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.
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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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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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End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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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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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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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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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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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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