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.
J. R. R. TOLKIENMany that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.
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All’s well that ends better.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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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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The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.
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I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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Short cuts make long delays.
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I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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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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The wise speak only of what they know
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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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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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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.
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