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91f190a
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Don't leave me here alone! It's your Sam calling. Don't go where I can't follow! Wake up, Mr. Frodo!
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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df00ac7
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At the hill's foot Frodo found Aragorn, standing still and silent as a tree; but in his hand was a small golden bloom of elanor, and a light was in his eyes. He was wrapped in some fair memory: and as Frodo looked at him he knew that he beheld things as they had been in this same place. For the grim years were removed from the face of Aragorn, and he seemed clothed in white, a young lord fall and fair; and he spoke words in the Elvish tongu..
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elvish
elves
farewell
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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0242654
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Those were happier days, when there was still close friendship at times between folk of different race, even between Dwarves and Elves.' It was not the fault of the Dwarves that the friendship waned,' said Gimli.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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f98678b
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Let the unseen days be. Today is more than enough.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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fa3be4e
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I will take the Ring", he said, "though I do not know the way.
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inspirational
frodo
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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f360dd0
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The King beneath the mountains, The King of carven stone, The lord of silver fountains Shall come into his own! His crown shall be upholden, His harp shall be restrung, His halls shall echo golden To songs of yore re-sung. The woods shall wave on mountains. And grass beneath the sun; His wealth shall flow in fountains And the rivers golden run. The streams shall run in gladness, The lakes shall shine and burn, And sorrow fail and sadness At..
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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78a716d
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I will take the Ring", he said, "though I do not know the way."
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inspirational
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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2befa65
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Courage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand---that and such hope as I bring.
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war
hope
gandalf
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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 mo..
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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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4801b7d
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You cannot pass!
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lord-of-the-rings
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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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04671a8
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Do not scorn pity that is the gift of a gentle heart, Eowyn!
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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7e1bb50
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Someone else always has to carry on the story.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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c0093f4
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You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say.
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treebeard
haste
j-r-r-tolkien
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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90d69dc
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Above all shadows rides the Sun and Stars for ever dwell: I will not say the Day is done, nor bid the Stars farewell.
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song
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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11d7c8d
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The future, good or ill, was not forgotten, but ceased to have any power over the present. Health and hope grew strong in them, and they were content with each good day as it came, taking pleasure in every meal, and in every word and song.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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84d4fa6
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Why O why did I ever leave my hobbit-hole?" said poor Mr. Baggins, bumping up and down on Bombur's back."
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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5c62ac3
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Handsome is as handsome does
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handsomeness
manners
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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73af881
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There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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4a6907f
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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 of 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 Look at last on mea..
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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4e0080a
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Praise from the praise-worthy is beyond all rewards.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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31ebca9
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My armor is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!
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strength
smaug
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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2c54737
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Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.
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equivocation
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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56a242a
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For it is easier to shout 'Stop', than to do it
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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e9ecf5a
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When evening in the Shire was grey his footsteps on the Hill were heard; before the dawn he went away on journey long without a word. From Wilderland to Western shore, from northern waste to southern hill, through dragon-lair and hidden door and darkling woods he walked at will. With Dwarf and Hobbit, Elves and Men, with mortal and immortal folk, with bird on bough and beast in den, in their own secret tongues he spoke. A deadly sword, a he..
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jrr-tolkien
the-fellowship-of-the-ring
gandalf
lament
j-r-r-tolkien
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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7a9d64d
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The world was fair, the mountains tall In Elder Days before the fall...
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poetry
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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0e8263d
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For still there are so many things that I have never seen: in every wood in every spring there is a different green.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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3f362a5
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Farewell, and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you. May the stars shine upon your faces!
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elrond
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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9a65c5e
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And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite. For he that attempteth this shall prove but mine instrument in the devising of things more wonderful, which he himself hath not imagined.
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tolkien
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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da7dcf4
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Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament ... There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves upon earth.
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romance
love
eucharist
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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703e68d
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He stands not alone. You would die before your stroke fell.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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bbd9409
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his old life lay behind in the mists, dark adventure lay in front.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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5e27a21
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And sometimes you didn't want to know the end... because how could the end be happy?
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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3e3d5be
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out of the frying pan and into the fire
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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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2b2f79a
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Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?' A man may do both,' said Aragorn. 'For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day!
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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554d468
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A man inherited a field in which was an accumulation of old stone, part of an older hall. Of the old stone some had already been used in building the house in which he actually lived, not far from the old house of his fathers. Of the rest he took some and built a tower. But his friends coming perceived at once (without troubling to climb the steps) that these stones had formerly belonged to a more ancient building. So they pushed the tower ..
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literature
criticism
fantasy
beowulf
critics
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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e720716
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We all long for Eden, and we are constantly glimpsing it: our whole nature at its best and least corrupted, its gentlest and most human, is still soaked with the sense of exile.
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god
redemption
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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af9b212
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And now at last it comes. You will give me the Ring freely! In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a Queen. And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair!
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mirror-of-galadriel
lothlorien
galadriel
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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be20eba
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Few other griefs amid the ill chances of this world have more bitterness and shame for a man's heart than to behold the love of a lady so fair and brave that cannot be returned.
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man
love
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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b9e680b
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I want to see mountains again, Gandalf, mountains, and then find somewhere where I can rest. In peace and quiet, without a lot of relatives prying around, and a string of confounded visitors hanging on the bell. I might find somewhere where I can finish my book. I have thought of a nice ending for it: and he lived happily ever after to the end of his days.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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2d93a94
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I may be a burglar...but I'm an honest one, I hope, more or less.
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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af53c98
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We set out to save the Shire, Sam and it has been saved - but not for me.
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sacrifice
success
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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4232bd2
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My friend, you had horses, and deed of arms, and the free fields; but she, being born in the body of a maid, had a spirit and courage at least the match of yours. Yet she was doomed to wait upon an old man, whom she loved as a father, and watch him falling into a mean dishonoured dotage; and her part seemed to her more ignoble than that of the staff he leaned on. -Gandalf to Eomer, of Eowyn
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girl-power
Éowyn
eomer
gandalf
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