A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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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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.
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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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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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Never laugh at live dragons.
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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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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.
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Where there’s life there’s hope.
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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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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 useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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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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Come, Mr. Frodo!’ he cried. ‘I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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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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I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.
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All’s well that ends better.
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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
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Where there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles.
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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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