What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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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Even the smallest person can change the course of the future
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Short cuts make long delays.
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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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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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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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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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Where there’s life there’s hope.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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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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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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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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The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.
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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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