It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
J. R. R. TOLKIENAll 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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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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Not all those who wander are lost.
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May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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Never laugh at live dragons.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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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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How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.
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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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I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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The wise speak only of what they know
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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.
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I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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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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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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