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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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Advice Danger Deep Gift Wisdom
Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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Darkness Faith Himself Road
It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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Beyond Doubt End See
A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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Fear Himself Man
A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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Fairytale Safety True World
I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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Choice Myself
What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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Fantasy Himself
From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.
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Break Light Power Wake Up
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
You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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Fantasy Yourself
I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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Growth Healing Love Myself
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.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN

Darkness Greatness Grief Growth Love Place World
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.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN

Love Myself Philosophy Warrior Weapon
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?
J. R. R. TOLKIEN

Feeling Goodness Morning Myself Yourself
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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Anger Fantasy Quick
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN

Food Gold Happiness Value World

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