The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
J. R. R. TOLKIENWhat a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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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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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.
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Not all those who wander are lost.
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Never laugh at live dragons.
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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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May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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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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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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Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
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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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He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.
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False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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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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