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Courage is found in unlikely places. - J.R.R. Tolkien

I wish life was not so short, he thought. languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about. - J.R.R. Tolkien

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. - J.R.R. Tolkien

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - J.R.R. Tolkien

Not all who wander are lost. - J.R.R. Tolkien

It's the job that's never started takes longest to finish. - J.R.R. Tolkien

A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. - J.R.R. Tolkien

Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no. - J.R.R. Tolkien

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. - J.R.R. Tolkien

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. - J.R.R. Tolkien

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

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. - J.R.R. Tolkien

I am told that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it. - J.R.R. Tolkien

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