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.
J. R. R. TOLKIENYour time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.
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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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Not all those who wander are lost.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air, I am he that walks unseen.
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A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
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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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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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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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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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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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