I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
J. R. R. TOLKIENDo you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?
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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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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.
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Where there’s life there’s hope.
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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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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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False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you’ve done since you left home.
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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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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
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I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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