From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.
J. R. R. TOLKIENHow shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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Short cuts make long delays.
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It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
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May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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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 am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.
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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
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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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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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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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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you’ve done since you left home.
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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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 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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