It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
J. R. R. TOLKIENEnd? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
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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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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.
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I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me.
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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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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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How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.
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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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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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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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Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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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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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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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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