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.
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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The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
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The road goes ever on and on
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It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.
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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 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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Short cuts make long delays.
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Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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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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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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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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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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