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.
J. R. R. TOLKIENThere 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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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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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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Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, and in for all sorts of fun wherever you go.
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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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Then Merry heard of all sounds in that hour the strangest. It seemed that Dernhelm laughed, and the clear voice was like the ring of steel. But no living man am I!
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All’s well that ends better.
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Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
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Never laugh at live dragons.
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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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