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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.

J. R. R. Tolkien

What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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Fantasy Himself
How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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Judgement Man Time
Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
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Adventure Carry End Story
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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Business Danger Road
I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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Choice Myself
End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
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Death End Journey Path
I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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Habit Myself Old Present Talk Wisdom
You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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Morning Yourself
Come, Mr. Frodo!’ he cried. ‘I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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Carry Fantasy Himself Romantic Yourself
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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Deep Forget History Knowledge Lost
It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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Body Spirit Strength
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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Greatness See Tree Wake Up
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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Love Myself Philosophy Warrior Weapon
The wise speak only of what they know
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Knowledge Talk Wisdom
I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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Feeling Myself
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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Laughter Live Man Sound Strange Voice

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