It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
J. R. R. TOLKIENDon’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
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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 am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.
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Where there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles.
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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.
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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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I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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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 come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air, I am he that walks unseen.
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Where there’s life there’s hope.
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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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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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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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