Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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 was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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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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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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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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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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It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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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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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.
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Short cuts make long delays.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you’ve done since you left home.
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He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
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From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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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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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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The road goes ever on and on
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It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me.
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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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Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
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I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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