Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
J. R. R. TOLKIENLiving by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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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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I will not walk backward in life.
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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.
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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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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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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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End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
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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 in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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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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There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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