In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
J. R. R. TOLKIENShort cuts make long delays.
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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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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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The road goes ever on and on
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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What does your heart tell you?
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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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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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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 was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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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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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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Then Merry heard of all sounds in that hour the strangest. It seemed that Dernhelm laughed, and the clear voice was like the ring of steel. But no living man am I!
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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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