You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
J. R. R. TOLKIENAnd 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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I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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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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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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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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Short cuts make long delays.
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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 whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
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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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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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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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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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