Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.
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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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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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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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not wrecked by the frost.
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I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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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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End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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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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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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A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
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There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.
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