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.
J. R. R. TOLKIENIt’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
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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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I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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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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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.
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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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I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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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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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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Not all those who wander are lost.
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I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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