The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.
J. R. R. TOLKIENOft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.
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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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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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There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to tea -any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Good bye!
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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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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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Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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All’s well that ends better.
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Short cuts make long delays.
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Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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