And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
J. R. R. TOLKIENIt is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
More J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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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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How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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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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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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Short cuts make long delays.
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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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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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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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He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
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Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.
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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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