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. TOLKIENIt is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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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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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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There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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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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Come, Mr. Frodo!’ he cried. ‘I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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I will not walk backward in life.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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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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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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He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
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