But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
J. R. R. TOLKIENAnd then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
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I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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The wise speak only of what they know
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The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
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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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All’s well that ends better.
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I will not walk backward in life.
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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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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, and in for all sorts of fun wherever you go.
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I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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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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