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.
J. R. R. TOLKIENAll that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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What does your heart tell you?
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Short cuts make long delays.
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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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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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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 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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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.
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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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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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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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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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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Never laugh at live dragons.
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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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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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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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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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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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The wise speak only of what they know
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not wrecked by the frost.
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It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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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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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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