A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
J. R. R. TOLKIENAnd 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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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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Short cuts make long delays.
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End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
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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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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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Where there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles.
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I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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Then Merry heard of all sounds in that hour the strangest. It seemed that Dernhelm laughed, and the clear voice was like the ring of steel. But no living man am I!
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