False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
J. R. R. TOLKIENDon’t go where I can’t follow!
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I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air, I am he that walks unseen.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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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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Come, Mr. Frodo!’ he cried. ‘I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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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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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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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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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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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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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 have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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