False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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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Where there’s life there’s hope.
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I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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No Victory Without Suffering
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And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.
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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.
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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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Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
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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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What does your heart tell you?
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