May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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.
More J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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Never laugh at live dragons.
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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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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
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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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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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The wise speak only of what they know
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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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 am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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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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