Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.
J. R. R. TOLKIENIn this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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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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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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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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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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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.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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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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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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