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. TOLKIENI am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
More J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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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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How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.
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Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to tea -any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Good bye!
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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 clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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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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Deserves it! I daresay he does. 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. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
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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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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.
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I will not walk backward in life.
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