The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.
J. R. R. TOLKIENMany 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.
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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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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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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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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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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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Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you’ve done since you left home.
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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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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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No Victory Without Suffering
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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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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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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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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
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And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.
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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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