All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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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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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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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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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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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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Short cuts make long delays.
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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.
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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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Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
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