The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
J. R. R. TOLKIENAll that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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Where there’s life there’s hope.
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It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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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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Short cuts make long delays.
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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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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?
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May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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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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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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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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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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