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.
J. R. R. TOLKIENOft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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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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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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Even the smallest person can change the course of the future
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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All’s well that ends better.
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What does your heart tell you?
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There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, and in for all sorts of fun wherever you go.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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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!
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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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Where there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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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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The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
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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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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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Come, Mr. Frodo!’ he cried. ‘I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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The road goes ever on and on
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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Never laugh at live dragons.
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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.
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I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air, I am he that walks unseen.
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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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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