Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
J. R. R. TOLKIENThe wise speak only of what they know
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, and in for all sorts of fun wherever you go.
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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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I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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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 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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Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.
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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
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It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.
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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not wrecked by the frost.
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