I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
J. R. R. TOLKIENVoiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.
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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to tea -any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Good bye!
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I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me.
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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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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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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.
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Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you’ve done since you left home.
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I will not walk backward in life.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
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The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
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