The road goes ever on and on
J. R. R. TOLKIENFalse hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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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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And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.
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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 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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The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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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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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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He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
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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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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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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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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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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
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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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There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, and in for all sorts of fun wherever you go.
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I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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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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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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False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
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