I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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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I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air, I am he that walks unseen.
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From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.
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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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I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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Deserves it! I daresay he does. 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. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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The wise speak only of what they 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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Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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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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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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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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