In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
J. R. R. TOLKIENWhere there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles.
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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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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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He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
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I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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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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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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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.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not wrecked by the frost.
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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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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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