So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
J. R. R. TOLKIENThe way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.
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The wise speak only of what they know
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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Never laugh at live dragons.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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Not all those who wander are lost.
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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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No Victory Without Suffering
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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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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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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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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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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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I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.
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