I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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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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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.
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May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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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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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.’
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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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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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May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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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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