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A great dread fell on him, as if he was awaiting the pronouncement of some doom that he had long foreseen and vainly hoped might after all never be sp...more

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I must indeed abide the Doom of Men whether I will or nill: the loss and the silence. But I say to you, King of the Numenoreans, not till now have I u...more

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Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.

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You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.

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There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for.

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Not all that have fallen are vanquished.

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And all the host laughed and wept, and in the midst of their merriment and tears the clear voice of the minstrel rose like silver and gold, and all me...more

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I will take the Ring", he said, "though I do not know the way.

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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 min...more

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It is wisdom to recognize necessity when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope.

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Criticism - however valid or intellectually engaging - tends to get in the way of a writer who has anything personal to say. A tightrope walker may re...more

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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 beau...more

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I'll get there, if I leave everything but my bones behind," said Sam. "And I'll carry Mr. Frodo up myself, if it breaks my back and heart.

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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 h...more

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In this Music [the singing of the angels in harmony] the World was begun; for Iluvatar made visible the song of the Ainur,and they beheld it as a ligh...more