No Victory Without Suffering
J. R. R. TOLKIENSo comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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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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The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.
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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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I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me.
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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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All’s well that ends better.
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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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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.
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I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run 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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The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
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