In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.
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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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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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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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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Never laugh at live dragons.
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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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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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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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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No Victory Without Suffering
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May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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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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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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Where there’s life there’s hope.
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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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Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to tea -any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Good bye!
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Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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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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Where there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles.
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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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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