I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
J. R. R. TOLKIENWhat a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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Where there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles.
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Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.
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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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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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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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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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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
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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 in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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