The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
J. R. R. TOLKIENHow do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.
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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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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 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.
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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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Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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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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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 is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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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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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to tea -any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Good bye!
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