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J. R. R. TOLKIENIt is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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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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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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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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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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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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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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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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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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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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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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