Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
J. R. R. TOLKIENBut in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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Not all those who wander are lost.
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Even the smallest person can change the course of the future
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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.’
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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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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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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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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The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
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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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