I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
J. R. R. TOLKIENAll we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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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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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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Short cuts make long delays.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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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 want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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Then Merry heard of all sounds in that hour the strangest. It seemed that Dernhelm laughed, and the clear voice was like the ring of steel. But no living man am I!
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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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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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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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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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