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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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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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Laughter Live Man Sound Strange Voice
But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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Darkness End Hope
Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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Animal Death Voice Wings
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.
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Beautiful Beyond End Light Thinking
Come, Mr. Frodo!’ he cried. ‘I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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Carry Fantasy Himself Romantic Yourself
I will not walk backward in life.
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Inspirational Life Myself Walk
Never laugh at live dragons.
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Fantasy Laughter Live
I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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Habit Myself Old Present Talk Wisdom
I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me.
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Alive End Friendship Himself Myself
Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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Darkness Faith Himself Road
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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Born Hope
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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Himself Kiss Romantic Sky
The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
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Philosophy World Yourself
What does your heart tell you?
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Heart Talk Yourself
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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Death Deserve Judgement Life Live
Courage is found in unlikely places.
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Courage Place

It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.

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