He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.
J. R. R. TOLKIENI will not walk backward in life.
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Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.
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The wise speak only of what they know
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.
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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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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.
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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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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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It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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The road goes ever on and on
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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