I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
J. R. R. TOLKIENI was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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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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And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.
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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?
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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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Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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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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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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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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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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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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