Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
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 am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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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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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 glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
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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.
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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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Never laugh at live dragons.
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He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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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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End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
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Even the smallest person can change the course of the future
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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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Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to tea -any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Good bye!
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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 does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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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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May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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