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J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien 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.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien Even the smallest person can change the course of the future
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien 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.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien 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!
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien I will not walk backward in life.
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