It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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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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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.
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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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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 is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
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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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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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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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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 safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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I will not walk backward in life.
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