I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
J. R. R. TOLKIENAll 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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No Victory Without Suffering
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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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For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.
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And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.
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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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Then 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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I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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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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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you’ve done since you left home.
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