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.
J. R. R. TOLKIENFalse hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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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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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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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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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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A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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What does your heart tell you?
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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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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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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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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