I will not walk backward in life.
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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For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.
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I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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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 does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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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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What does your heart tell you?
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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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Your 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 warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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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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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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I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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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 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.
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I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.’
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