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a4ea6aa
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It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.
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tolkien
gamgee
samwise
hobbit
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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0a4c854
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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perseverance
inspiration
hobbit
endurance
dragon
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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31a5035
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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.
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hobbit
riddle
gollum
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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be7c035
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"Farewell," they cried, "Wherever you fare till your eyries receive you at the journey's end!" That is the polite thing to say among eagles. "May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks," answered Gandalf, who knew the correct reply."
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tolkien
hobbit
farewell
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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0a9a3e7
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We are plain quiet folk, and I have no use for adventures. Nasty, disturbing, and uncomfortable things.
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bilbo-baggins
hobbit
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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d2e4b24
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"Under the Mountain dark and tall The King has come unto his hall! His foe is dead, the Worm of Dread, And ever so his foes shall fall. The sword is sharp, the spear is long, The arrow swift, the Gate is strong; The heart is bold that looks on gold; The dwarves no more shall suffer wrong. The dwarves of yore made mighty spells, While hammers fells like ringing bells In places deep, where dark things sleep,
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tolkien
song
hobbit
dwarves
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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22d7eb1
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"When he heard there was nothing to eat, he sat down and wept... "Why did I ever wake up!" he cried."
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humor
hobbit
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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3f4f079
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I don't know how to say it, but after last night I feel different. I seem to see ahead, in a kind of way. I know we are going to take a very long road, into darkness; but I know I can't turn back. It isn't right to see Elves now, nor dragons, nor mountains, that I want - I don't rightly know what I want: but I have something to do before the end, and it lies ahead, not in the Shire. I must see it through, sir, if you understand me.
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inspirational-attitude
samwise-the-brave
the-shire
sam-gamgee
hobbit
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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e08183c
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And what would you do, if an uninvited dwarf came and hung his things up in your hall without a word of explanation?
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hobbiton
hobbit
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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e96cbb0
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"Frodo: I can't do this, Sam. Sam: I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. 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. A new day will come. And when the sun shines, it'll shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.
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osgiliath
ttt-movie
samwise
hobbit
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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b93513f
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Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed.
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hope
hobbit
sam
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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1ab9561
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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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hobbit
the-hobbit
j-r-r-tolkien
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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29043ba
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"Hobbits always so polite, yes! O nice hobbits! Smeagol brings them up secret ways that nobody else could find. Tired he is, thirsty he is, yes thirsty; and he guides them and he searches for paths, and they saw sneak, sneak. Very nice friends, O yes my precious, very nice." Sam felt a little remorseful, but not yet trustful. "Sorry," he said. "I'm sorry, but you startled me out of my sleep. And I shouldn't have been sleeping, and that made me sharp. But Mr. Frodo, he's that tired, I asked him to have a wink; and well, that's how it is. Sorry. But where HAVE you been to?" "Sneaking," said Gollum, and the green glint did not leave his eyes. ... "Hullo, Smeagol!" Frodo said. "Found any food? Have you had any rest?" "No food, no rest, nothing for Smeagol," said Gollum. "He's a sneak." "Don't take names to yourself, Smeagol," Frodo said. "It's unwise, whether they are true or false." "Smeagol has to take what's given to him," answered Gollum. "He was given that name by kind Master Samwise, the hobbit that knows so much."
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sleep
sneak
sméagol
the-two-towers
hobbit
frodo-baggins
samwise-gamgee
rest
path
gollum
lord-of-the-rings
name
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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15a90a0
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I don't think I know your name.' 'Yes, yes my dear sir and I do know your name Mr. Bilbo Baggins. And you do know my name, though you don't remember that I belong to it. I am Gandalf, and Gandalf means me.
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i-am-gandalf
jrr-tolkien
hobbit
gandalf
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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6d017f1
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"Are we riding far tonight, Gandalf?" asked Merry after a while. "I don't know how you feel with small rag-tag dangling behind you; but the rag-tag is tired and will be glad to stop dangling and lie down." "So you heard that?" said Gandalf. "Don't let it rankle! Be thankful no longer words were aimed at you. He had his eyes on you. If it is any comfort to your pride, I should say that, at the moment, you and Pippin are more in his thoughts than the rest of us. Who you are; how you came here, and why; what you know; whether you were captured, and if so, how you escaped when all the orcs perished--it is with those little riddles that the great mind of Saruman is troubled. A sneer from him, Meriadoc, is a compliment, if you feel honoured by his concern." "Thank you!" said Merry. "But it is a greater honour to dangle at your tail, Gandalf. For one thing, in that position one has a chance of putting a question a second time. Are we riding far tonight?" Gandalf laughed. "A most unquenchable hobbit! All wizards should have a hobbit or two in their care--to teach them the meaning of the world, and to correct them."
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rag-tag
tokien
peregrin
meriadoc
meriadoc-brandybuck
merry-brandybuck
peregrin-took
pippin-took
saruman
hobbit
hobbits
merry
the-lord-of-the-rings
j-r-r-tolkien
lord-of-the-rings
wizards
wizard
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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b2509a6
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In those days of our tale, there were still some people who had both elves and heroes of the North for ancestors and Elrond, the master of the house, was their chief. He was as noble and as fair in face as an elf lord, as strong as a warrior, as wise as a wizard, as venerable as a king of dwarves and as kind as summer.
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jrr-tolkien
hobbit
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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d3d858e
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In the Wide World the Wood-elves lingered in the twilight of our Sun and Moon, but loved best the stars; and they wandered in the great forests that grew tall in lands that are now lost. They dwelt most often by the edges of the woods, from which they could escape at times to hunt, or to ride and run over the open lands by moonlight or starlight; and after the coming of Men they took ever more and more to the gloaming and the dusk. Still elves they were and remain, and that is Good People.
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tolkien
hobbit
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |