A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
J. R. R. TOLKIENI feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.
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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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The road goes ever on and on
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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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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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
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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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The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
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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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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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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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