It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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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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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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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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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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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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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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There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.
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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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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 walk backward in life.
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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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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No Victory Without Suffering
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It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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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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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not wrecked by the frost.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
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I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.’
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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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Not all those who wander are lost.
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