Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
J. R. R. TOLKIENIf more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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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 don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to tea -any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Good bye!
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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.
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Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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Where there’s life there’s hope.
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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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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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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air, I am he that walks unseen.
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