May the hair on your toes never fall out!
J. R. R. TOLKIENI don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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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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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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And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.
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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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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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I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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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 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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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.
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Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?
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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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I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.
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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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