The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
J. R. R. TOLKIENThen something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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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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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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No Victory Without Suffering
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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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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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It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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Even the smallest person can change the course of the future
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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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