May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
J. R. R. TOLKIENSo comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.
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Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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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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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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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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Never laugh at live dragons.
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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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Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.
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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to tea -any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Good bye!
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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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