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. TOLKIENFor even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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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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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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Where there’s life there’s hope.
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All’s well that ends better.
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Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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Not all those who wander are lost.
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I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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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 glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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