It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
J. R. R. TOLKIENIt is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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Never laugh at live dragons.
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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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Short cuts make long delays.
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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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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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I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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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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