And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
J. R. R. TOLKIENHe found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
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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 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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And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.
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A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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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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No Victory Without Suffering
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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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Short cuts make long delays.
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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The wise speak only of what they know
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There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.
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