It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
J. R. R. TOLKIENFrom the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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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 a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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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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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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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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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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May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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I will not walk backward in life.
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In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.
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He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.
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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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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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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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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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I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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Even the smallest person can change the course of the future
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All’s well that ends better.
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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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