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.
J. R. R. TOLKIENMay the hair on your toes never fall out!
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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.
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The road goes ever on and on
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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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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It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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Come, Mr. Frodo!’ he cried. ‘I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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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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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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All 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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It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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Deserves it! I daresay he does. 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. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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The wise speak only of what they know
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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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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The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
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What does your heart tell you?
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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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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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