The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
J. R. R. TOLKIENOft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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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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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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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 was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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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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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.
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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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The road goes ever on and on
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