In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
J. R. R. TOLKIENVoiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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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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He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
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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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Where there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles.
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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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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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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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It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.’
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I will not walk backward in life.
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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 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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And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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