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. TOLKIENCourage is found in unlikely places.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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Where there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles.
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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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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
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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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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
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Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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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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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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All’s well that ends better.
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