Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
J. R. R. TOLKIENFear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
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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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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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The wise speak only of what they know
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What does your heart tell you?
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Short cuts make long delays.
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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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It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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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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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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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 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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Come, Mr. Frodo!’ he cried. ‘I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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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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