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!
J. R. R. TOLKIENI am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.
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Short cuts make long delays.
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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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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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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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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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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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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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Where there’s life there’s hope.
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End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
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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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Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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The wise speak only of what they know
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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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