How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
J. R. R. TOLKIENYou have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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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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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
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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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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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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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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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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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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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I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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Where there’s life there’s hope.
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And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.
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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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