He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
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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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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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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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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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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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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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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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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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.
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Come, Mr. Frodo!’ he cried. ‘I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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Never laugh at live dragons.
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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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Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
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Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.
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