The wise speak only of what they know
J. R. R. TOLKIENDeserves 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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Come, Mr. Frodo!’ he cried. ‘I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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All’s well that ends better.
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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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False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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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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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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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.
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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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I will not walk backward in life.
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Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.
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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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