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.
J. R. R. TOLKIENYou have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, and in for all sorts of fun wherever you go.
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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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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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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Where there’s life there’s hope.
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And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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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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I will not walk backward in life.
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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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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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