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.
J. R. R. TOLKIENFair speech may hide a foul heart.
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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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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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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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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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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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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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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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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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Not all those who wander are lost.
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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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