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.
J. R. R. TOLKIENHe that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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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 the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.
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Where there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles.
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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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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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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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Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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I will not walk backward in life.
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End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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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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