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52c412d	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 reached by the frost. 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.	poetry strength glitter wither wander gold roots strong lost	J.R.R. Tolkien
3c97597	Not all those who wander are lost.	travel wander quest lost journey	J.R.R. Tolkien
b02c8ab	I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."	time death	J.R.R. Tolkien
6d1c8e7	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.	friends social parties	J.R.R. Tolkien
6dfbea5	All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.	gandalf	J.R.R. Tolkien
fd40e35	Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.		J.R.R. Tolkien
84e3f77	The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.	hope love inspirational	J.R.R. Tolkien
db10d6a	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.	mercy justice	J.R.R. Tolkien
dfdb537	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.		J.R.R. Tolkien
9d3936d	I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.	grief	J.R.R. Tolkien
fd667ff	The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say		J.R.R. Tolkien
1a7962b	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?	suspicion semantics	J.R.R. Tolkien
7f377a4	War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.	war	J.R.R. Tolkien
8fe7e20	Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate And though I oft have passed them by A day will come at last when I	poetry	J.R.R. Tolkien
acbf58d	I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.	frodo	J.R.R. Tolkien
a4ea6aa	It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.	tolkien gamgee samwise hobbit	J.R.R. Tolkien
ac8790f	May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.	light gift	J.R.R. Tolkien
6646f66	I sit beside the fire and think Of all that I have seen Of meadow flowers and butterflies In summers that have been Of yellow leaves and gossamer In autumns that there were With morning mist and silver sun And wind upon my hair I sit beside the fire and think Of how the world will be When winter comes without a spring That I shall ever see For still there are so many things That I have never seen In every wood in every spring There is a d..	time	J.R.R. Tolkien
791334d	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.		J.R.R. Tolkien
8d2e2b6	What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked. "A cage," [Eowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire."	fear gender-roles	J.R.R. Tolkien
8ccf086	Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I go To heal my heart and drown my woe Rain may fall, and wind may blow And many miles be still to go	poetry sadness liquor	J.R.R. Tolkien
126c8b4	In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.	opening-lines	J.R.R. Tolkien
18aba0d	Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.	stars moon sense-of-wonder	J.R.R. Tolkien
fe0a05c	Far over the misty mountains cold To dungeons deep and caverns old We must away ere break of day To seek the pale enchanted gold. The dwarves of yore made mighty spells, While hammers fell like ringing bells In places deep, where dark things sleep, In hollow halls beneath the fells. For ancient king and elvish lord There many a gleaming golden hoard They shaped and wrought, and light they caught To hide in gems on hilt of sword. On silver n..	poetry song	J.R.R. Tolkien
e502846	A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.	fear	J.R.R. Tolkien
f92772a	It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.		J.R.R. Tolkien
ea7b63b	May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.		J.R.R. Tolkien
0a4c854	So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.	perseverance inspiration hobbit endurance dragon	J.R.R. Tolkien
f292bb4	For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.	hope inspirational	J.R.R. Tolkien
963fded	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.	gandalf j-r-r-tolkien death-penalty lord-of-the-rings	J.R.R. Tolkien
73ee118	Where there's life there's hope.		J.R.R. Tolkien
a8f5366	Roads Go Ever On Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter sown, And through the merry flowers of June, Over grass and over stone, And under mountains in the moon. Roads go ever ever on, Under cloud and under star. Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar. Eyes that fire and sword have seen, And horror in the halls of stone ..	poem	J.R.R. Tolkien
90e9d5a	Short cuts make long delays.	shortcuts pippin proverbs life-lesson	J.R.R. Tolkien
7e81185	But I have been too deeply hurt, Sam. I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: some one has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.	salvation	J.R.R. Tolkien
f395e53	Where did you go to, if I may ask?' said Thorin to Gandalf as they rode along. To look ahead,' said he. And what brought you back in the nick of time?' Looking behind,' said he.		J.R.R. Tolkien
31a5035	It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills, It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.	hobbit riddle gollum	J.R.R. Tolkien
7700de8	It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end... because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing... this shadow. Even darkness must pass.	sam-gamgee	J.R.R. Tolkien
beaa5d0	All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.	tolkien travel wander shine wanderlust journey	J.R.R. Tolkien
d61cfe5	In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.	faith optimism faramir	J.R.R. Tolkien
d898a1e	The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.		J.R.R. Tolkien
892f10d	Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.	hope legolas elf	J.R.R. Tolkien
0b5ec08	Good Morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at him from under long bushy eyebrows that stuck out further than the brim of his shady hat. "What do you mean?" he said. "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?" "All of them at once," said Bilbo. "And ..	meaning good-morning gandalf conversation languange	J.R.R. Tolkien
c99ab9a	He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.	wisdom reductionism gandalf	J.R.R. Tolkien
50a4267	Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We'll wander back and home to bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade!		J.R.R. Tolkien

52c412d

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 reached by the frost. 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.

poetry strength glitter wither wander gold roots strong lost

J.R.R. Tolkien

3c97597

Not all those who wander are lost.

travel wander quest lost journey

J.R.R. Tolkien

b02c8ab

I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

time death

J.R.R. Tolkien

6d1c8e7

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.

friends social parties

J.R.R. Tolkien

6dfbea5

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

gandalf

J.R.R. Tolkien

fd40e35

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

J.R.R. Tolkien

84e3f77

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.

hope love inspirational

J.R.R. Tolkien

db10d6a

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.

mercy justice

J.R.R. Tolkien

dfdb537

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.

J.R.R. Tolkien

9d3936d

I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.

grief

J.R.R. Tolkien

fd667ff

The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say

J.R.R. Tolkien

1a7962b

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?

suspicion semantics

J.R.R. Tolkien

7f377a4

War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.

war

J.R.R. Tolkien

8fe7e20

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate And though I oft have passed them by A day will come at last when I

poetry

J.R.R. Tolkien

acbf58d

I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.

frodo

J.R.R. Tolkien

a4ea6aa

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

tolkien gamgee samwise hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

ac8790f

May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.

light gift

J.R.R. Tolkien

6646f66

I sit beside the fire and think Of all that I have seen Of meadow flowers and butterflies In summers that have been Of yellow leaves and gossamer In autumns that there were With morning mist and silver sun And wind upon my hair I sit beside the fire and think Of how the world will be When winter comes without a spring That I shall ever see For still there are so many things That I have never seen In every wood in every spring There is a d..

time

J.R.R. Tolkien

791334d

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.

J.R.R. Tolkien

8d2e2b6

What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked. "A cage," [Eowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire."

fear gender-roles

J.R.R. Tolkien

8ccf086

Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I go To heal my heart and drown my woe Rain may fall, and wind may blow And many miles be still to go

poetry sadness liquor

J.R.R. Tolkien

126c8b4

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.

opening-lines

J.R.R. Tolkien

18aba0d

Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.

stars moon sense-of-wonder

J.R.R. Tolkien

fe0a05c

Far over the misty mountains cold To dungeons deep and caverns old We must away ere break of day To seek the pale enchanted gold. The dwarves of yore made mighty spells, While hammers fell like ringing bells In places deep, where dark things sleep, In hollow halls beneath the fells. For ancient king and elvish lord There many a gleaming golden hoard They shaped and wrought, and light they caught To hide in gems on hilt of sword. On silver n..

poetry song

J.R.R. Tolkien

e502846

A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.

fear

J.R.R. Tolkien

f92772a

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

J.R.R. Tolkien

ea7b63b

May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.

J.R.R. Tolkien

0a4c854

So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.

perseverance inspiration hobbit endurance dragon

J.R.R. Tolkien

f292bb4

For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.

hope inspirational

J.R.R. Tolkien

963fded

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.

gandalf j-r-r-tolkien death-penalty lord-of-the-rings

J.R.R. Tolkien

73ee118

Where there's life there's hope.

J.R.R. Tolkien

a8f5366

Roads Go Ever On Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter sown, And through the merry flowers of June, Over grass and over stone, And under mountains in the moon. Roads go ever ever on, Under cloud and under star. Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar. Eyes that fire and sword have seen, And horror in the halls of stone ..

poem

J.R.R. Tolkien

90e9d5a

Short cuts make long delays.

shortcuts pippin proverbs life-lesson

J.R.R. Tolkien

7e81185

But I have been too deeply hurt, Sam. I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: some one has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.

salvation

J.R.R. Tolkien

f395e53

Where did you go to, if I may ask?' said Thorin to Gandalf as they rode along. To look ahead,' said he. And what brought you back in the nick of time?' Looking behind,' said he.

J.R.R. Tolkien

31a5035

It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills, It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.

hobbit riddle gollum

J.R.R. Tolkien

7700de8

It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end... because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing... this shadow. Even darkness must pass.

sam-gamgee

J.R.R. Tolkien

beaa5d0

All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.

tolkien travel wander shine wanderlust journey

J.R.R. Tolkien

d61cfe5

In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.

faith optimism faramir

J.R.R. Tolkien

d898a1e

The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.

J.R.R. Tolkien

892f10d

Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.

hope legolas elf

J.R.R. Tolkien

0b5ec08

Good Morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at him from under long bushy eyebrows that stuck out further than the brim of his shady hat. "What do you mean?" he said. "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?" "All of them at once," said Bilbo. "And ..

meaning good-morning gandalf conversation languange

J.R.R. Tolkien

c99ab9a

He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.

wisdom reductionism gandalf

J.R.R. Tolkien

50a4267

Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We'll wander back and home to bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade!

J.R.R. Tolkien