The road goes ever on and on
J. R. R. TOLKIENWhat does your heart tell you?
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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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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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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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There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.
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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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No Victory Without Suffering
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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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The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
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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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It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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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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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
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