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.
J. R. R. TOLKIENVoiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
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I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air, I am he that walks unseen.
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I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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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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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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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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Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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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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Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.
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Deserves it! I daresay he does. 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. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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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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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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All’s well that ends better.
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Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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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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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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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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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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