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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.

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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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Change Heart Herself Sun Understand
But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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Darkness End Hope
Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.
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Enjoyment Sad Time Yourself
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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Love Myself Philosophy Warrior Weapon
It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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Body Spirit Strength
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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Gold Lost Travel
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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Alone Memories Old Pay Wife Wisdom
I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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Growth Healing Love Myself
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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Deep Forget History Knowledge Lost
Where there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles.
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Hope Life Need
How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.
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Heart Understand Yourself
The road goes ever on and on
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Road Travel
I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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Choice Myself
Even the smallest person can change the course of the future
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Change Future Person
Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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Absence Myself Travel
Then Merry heard of all sounds in that hour the strangest. It seemed that Dernhelm laughed, and the clear voice was like the ring of steel. But no living man am I!
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Laughter Live Man Sound Strange Voice

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