From 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.
J. R. R. TOLKIENIt is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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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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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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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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Not all those who wander are lost.
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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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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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Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.’
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What does your heart tell you?
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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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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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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I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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