It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
J. R. R. TOLKIENI wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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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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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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All’s well that ends better.
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Short cuts make long delays.
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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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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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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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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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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
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For 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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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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