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. TOLKIENEven the smallest person can change the course of the future
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I will not walk backward in life.
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All’s well that ends better.
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I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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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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He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
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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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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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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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Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.
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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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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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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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The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
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