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The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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Fake Heart Hide Talk
But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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Darkness End Hope
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.
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Beyond Memories World
How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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Judgement Man Time
False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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Danger Fear Hope
Short cuts make long delays.
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Inspirational One Liner Success
Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
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Adventure Carry End Story
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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Anger Fantasy Quick
A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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Fear Himself Man
Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
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Fear Patience Try Yourself
It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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Job Philosophy Start
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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Book Mad Myself Opinion Reading Writing
His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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Darkness Forget Grief Heart Himself Teaching Wisdom
End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
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Death End Journey Path
I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.
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Fantasy Friendship Myself
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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Born Hope
Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.
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Alone Memories Old Pay Wife Wisdom
I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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Evil Myself Tears
And 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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Deep Forget History Knowledge Lost
I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN

Alive End Friendship Himself Myself
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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Gold Lost Old Philosophy Strong
Even the smallest person can change the course of the future
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Change Future Person
Where there’s life there’s hope.
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Hope Life
You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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Morning Yourself
May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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Darkness Light Yourself
Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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Advice Danger Deep Gift Wisdom
The wise speak only of what they know
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Knowledge Talk Wisdom

The 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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