In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
J. R. R. TOLKIENFrom 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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It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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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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He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
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I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.
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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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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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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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Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.’
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I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.
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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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Not all those who wander are lost.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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