A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
J. R. R. TOLKIENThen 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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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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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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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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Even the smallest person can change the course of the future
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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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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.
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Short cuts make long delays.
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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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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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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