It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
J. R. R. TOLKIENYou can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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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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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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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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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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Where there’s life there’s hope.
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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.
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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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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.
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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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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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