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. TOLKIENIn this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
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Even the smallest person can change the course of the future
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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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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.
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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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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
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There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.
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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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