I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
J. R. R. TOLKIENFor 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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Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.
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The road goes ever on and on
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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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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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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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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you’ve done since you left home.
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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