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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.

J. R. R. Tolkien

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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Children Food Goodness Kindness Value World
It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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Art Enemy Goodness Sick
A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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Fear Himself Man
False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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Danger Fear Hope
So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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End Fantasy Snow
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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Feeling Goodness Morning Myself Yourself
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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Beyond Memories World
The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.
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Darkness Greatness Grief Growth Love Place World
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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Decision Inspirational Time
What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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Fantasy Himself
May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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Fantasy Hairs
It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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Job Philosophy Start
I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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Evil Myself Tears
Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.
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Alone Memories Old Pay Wife Wisdom
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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Dragon Himself Leave Live Myself
I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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Desire Kindness Love Man Myself

In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.

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