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.
J. R. R. TOLKIENLiving by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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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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I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.’
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Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.
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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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I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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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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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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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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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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