In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
J. R. R. TOLKIENMay it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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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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The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.
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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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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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Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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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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Not all those who wander are lost.
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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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Where there’s life there’s hope.
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He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.
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The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
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Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.
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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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It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.
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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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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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Where there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles.
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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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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I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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