And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.
J. R. R. TOLKIENLiving by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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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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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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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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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
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The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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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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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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The road goes ever on and on
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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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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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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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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.
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