I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
J. R. R. TOLKIENFaithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me.
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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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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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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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May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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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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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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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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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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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to tea -any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Good bye!
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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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Not all those who wander are lost.
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