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.
J. R. R. TOLKIENA safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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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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I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.’
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Never laugh at live dragons.
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He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.
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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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He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
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Short cuts make long delays.
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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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All’s well that ends better.
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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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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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Where there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles.
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Where there’s life there’s hope.
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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