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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.
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sam-gamgee
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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b978e29
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There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. 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.
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tolkien
inspirational
sam-gamgee
middle-earth
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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b40fd34
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"I wonder if people will ever say, "Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring." And they'll say, "Yes, that's one of my favorite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn't he, Dad?" "Yes, m'boy, the most famousest of hobbits. And that's saying a lot."
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tolkien
sam-gamgee
middle-earth
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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8b39d7d
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Sam: I wonder if we'll ever be put into songs or tales. Frodo: [turns around] What? Sam: I wonder if people will ever say, 'Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring.' And they'll say 'Yes, that's one of my favorite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn't he, Dad?' 'Yes, my boy, the most famousest of hobbits. And that's saying a lot.' Frodo: [continue walking] You've left out one of the chief characters - Samwise the Brave. I want to hear more about Sam. [stops and turns to Sam] Frodo: Frodo wouldn't have got far without Sam. Sam: Now Mr. Frodo, you shouldn't make fun; I was being serious. Frodo: So was I. [they continue to walk] Sam: Samwise the Brave...
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samwise-the-brave
samwise
sam-gamgee
lord-of-the-rings
stories
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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df699cf
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"Have you thought of an ending?" "Yes, several, and all are dark and unpleasant." "Oh, that won't do! Books ought to have good endings. How would this do: and they all settled down and lived together happily ever after?" "It will do well, if it ever came to that." "Ah! And where will they live? That's what I often wonder."
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writing
books
sam-gamgee
frodo
endings
happy-endings
lotr
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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97694da
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And yet their wills did not yield, and they struggled on.
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inspirational
sam-gamgee
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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cfc0b98
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"Then as he had kept watch Sam had noticed that at times a light seemed to be shining faintly within; but now the light was even clearer and stronger. Frodo's face was peaceful, the marks of fear and care had left it; but it looked old, old and beautiful, as if the chiseling of the shaping years was now revealed in many fine lines that had before been hidden, though the identity of the face was not changed. Not that Sam Gamgee put it that way to himself. He shook his head, as if finding words useless, and murmured: "I love him. He's like that, and sometimes it shines through, somehow. But I love him, whether or no."
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tolkien
sam-gamgee
middle-earth
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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f241d73
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Gil-galad was an Elven-king. Of him the harpers sadly sing: the last whose realm was fair and free between the Mountains and the Sea. His sword was long, his lance was keen, his shining helm afar was seen; the countless stars of heaven's field were mirrored in his silver shield. But long ago he rode away, and where he dwelleth none can say; for into darkness fell his star in Mordor where the shadows are.
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gil-galad
sam-gamgee
saga
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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977a2fd
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Smeagol won't grub for roots and carrotses and - taters. What's taters, precious, eh, what's taters?' 'Po-ta-toes,' said Sam. 'The Gaffer's delight, and rare good ballast for an empty belly. But you won't find any, so you needn't look. But be good Smeagol and fetch me some herbs, and I'll think better of you. What's more, if you turn over a new leaf, and keep it turned, I'll cook you some taters one of these days. I will: fried fish and chips served by S. Gamgee. You couldn't say no to that.' 'Yes, yes we could. Spoiling nice fish, scorching it. Give me fish , and keep nassty chips!' 'Oh, you're hopeless,' said Sam. 'Go to sleep!
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sam-gamgee
sméagol
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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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b6083d6
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Well, you have now, Sam, dear Sam,' said Frodo, and he lay back in Sam's gentle arms, closing his eyes, like a child at rest when night-fears are driven away by some loved voice or hand. Sam felt that he could sit like that in endless happiness...
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tolkien
true-love
sam-gamgee
middle-earth
hobbits
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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2f1c79b
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There was some murmuring, but also some grins on the faces of the men looking on: the sight of their Captain sitting on the ground and eye to eye with a young hobbit, legs well apart, bristling with wrath, was one beyond their experience.
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sam-gamgee
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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b8269f6
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How would this do: and they all settled down and lived together happily ever after?' 'It will do well, if it ever comes to that,' said Frodo. 'Ah!' said Sam. 'And where will they live? That's what I often wonder.
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humor
sam-gamgee
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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aa6c613
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But to Sam the evening deepened to darkness as he stood at the Haven; and as he looked at the grey sea he saw only a shadow in the waters that was soon lost in the West. There he stood far into the night, hearing only the sigh and murmur of the waves on the shores of Middle-Earth, and the sound of them sank deep into his heart.
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tolkien
sam-gamgee
middle-earth
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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f7c0fae
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N-nothing important. That is, I heard a good deal about a ring, and a dark lord, and something about the end of the world, but please, Mr. Gandalf, sir, don't hurt me. Don't turn me into anything... unnatural.
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sam-gamgee
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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9c52bcf
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"There was a lot more to that song,' said Sam, 'all about Mordor. I didn't learn that part, it gave me the shivers. I never thought I should be going that was myself!' 'Going to Mordor!" Cried Pippin. 'I hope it won't come to that!' 'Do not speak that name so loudly!' said Strider"
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samwise
sam-gamgee
peregrin
peregrin-took
pippin-took
strider
pippin
samwise-gamgee
mordor
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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6a5d12a
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Yes, perhaps, yes' said Gollum. 'Smeagol always helps, if they asks - if they asks nicely.' ''Right!' says Sam. 'I does ask. And if that isn't nice enough, I begs.
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humor
sam-gamgee
sméagol
samwise-gamgee
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J.R.R. Tolkien |