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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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I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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Choice Myself
I will not walk backward in life.
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Inspirational Life Myself Walk
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
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
But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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Darkness End Hope
It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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Body Spirit Strength
He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.
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Dream Himself Season See Strange Time Vision Wild
I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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Growth Healing Love Myself
Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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Animal Death Voice Wings
Courage is found in unlikely places.
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Courage Place
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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Anger Fantasy Quick
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.
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Death Horror Spiritual Time
I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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Feeling Myself
The road goes ever on and on
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Road Travel
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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Darkness Greatness Grief Growth Love Place World
All’s well that ends better.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN

End One Liner

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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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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