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.
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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It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
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I will not walk backward in life.
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What does your heart tell you?
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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.
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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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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.
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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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