I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
J. R. R. TOLKIENThe road goes ever on and on
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Not all those who wander are lost.
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Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.
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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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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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May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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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.
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I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.
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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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How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.
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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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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.’
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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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