Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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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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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Where there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles.
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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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Come, Mr. Frodo!’ he cried. ‘I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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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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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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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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I will not walk backward in life.
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I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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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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The road goes ever on and on
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False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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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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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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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.
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