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.
J. R. R. TOLKIENI 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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It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.
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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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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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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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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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Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to tea -any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Good bye!
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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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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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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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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.
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