But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
J. R. R. TOLKIENWhat a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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No Victory Without Suffering
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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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 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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May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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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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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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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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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it 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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The wise speak only of what they know
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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I will not walk backward in life.
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Never laugh at live dragons.
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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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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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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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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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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.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not wrecked by the frost.
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