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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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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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Darkness Forget Grief Heart Himself Teaching Wisdom
It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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Art Enemy Goodness Sick
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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Enjoyment Sad Time Yourself
Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.
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Greatness See Tree Wake Up
You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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Morning Yourself
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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Deep Forget History Knowledge Lost
And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
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Change Heart Herself Sun Understand
But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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Darkness End Hope
For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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End One Liner Wisdom
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
There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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Children Food Goodness Kindness Value World
What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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Fantasy Himself
A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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Fear Himself Man
I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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Desire Kindness Love Man Myself
I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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Fantasy Myself
I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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Growth Healing Love Myself

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