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.
J. R. R. TOLKIENShort cuts make long delays.
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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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Even the smallest person can change the course of the future
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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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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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All’s well that ends better.
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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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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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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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For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.
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