I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air, I am he that walks unseen.
J. R. R. TOLKIENFalse hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.
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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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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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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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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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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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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
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What does your heart tell 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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Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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