But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
J. R. R. TOLKIENYes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you’ve done since you left home.
More J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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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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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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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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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 the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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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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I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.
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The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
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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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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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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.
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