But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
J. R. R. TOLKIENI am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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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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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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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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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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He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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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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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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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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Where there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles.
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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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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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