All’s well that ends better.
J. R. R. TOLKIENWhere there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles.
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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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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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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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Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?
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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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Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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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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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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False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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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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Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
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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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