I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
J. R. R. TOLKIENWhat does your heart tell you?
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.
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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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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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Then Merry heard of all sounds in that hour the strangest. It seemed that Dernhelm laughed, and the clear voice was like the ring of steel. But no living man am I!
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The wise speak only of what they know
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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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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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He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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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 was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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