May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
J. R. R. TOLKIENFor even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?
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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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May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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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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It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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What does your heart tell you?
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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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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
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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.
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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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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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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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It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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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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Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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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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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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It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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I will not walk backward in life.
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Never laugh at live dragons.
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End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
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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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