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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.

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Hobbits are an unobtrusive but very ancient people, more numerous formerly than they are today; for they love peace and quiet and good tilled earth: a...more

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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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Faithfulness in Christian marriage entails that: great mortification. For a Christian man there is no escape. Marriage may help to sanctify and direct...more

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There is a place called ‘heaven’ where the good here unfinished is completed; and where the stories unwritten, and the hopes unfulfilled, are continue...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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Dawn is ever the hope of men.

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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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Each day before the end of eveshe sought her lover, nor would him leave,until the stars were dimmed, and daycame glimmering eastward silver-grey.Then ...more

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

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It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.