Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you’ve done since you left home.
J. R. R. TOLKIENSorry! 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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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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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 wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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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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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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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.
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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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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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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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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 is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.
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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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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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Come, Mr. Frodo!’ he cried. ‘I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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No Victory Without Suffering
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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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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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The road goes ever on and on
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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