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.
J. R. R. TOLKIENYou have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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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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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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Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not wrecked by the frost.
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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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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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Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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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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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
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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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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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Short cuts make long delays.
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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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False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me.
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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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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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The road goes ever on and on
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May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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