He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
J. R. R. TOLKIENIn 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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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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I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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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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Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.
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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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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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Then Merry heard of all sounds in that hour the strangest. It seemed that Dernhelm laughed, and the clear voice was like the ring of steel. But no living man am I!
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air, I am he that walks unseen.
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No Victory Without Suffering
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May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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