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What punishments of God are not gifts?
I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
Faithful heart may have froward tongue.
I dislike allegory wherever I smell it.
out of the frying pan and into the fire
Not all that have fallen are vanquished.
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
May the hair on your toes never fall out!
Help means ruin and saving means slaying.
To crooked eyes truth may wear a wry face
Struck by lightning! Struck by lightning!
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead
A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
Green are the leaves I leave in Mirkwood.
Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory
Your lullaby would waken a drunken goblin!
False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
Home is now behind you, the world is ahead!
Better mistrust undeserved than rash words.
There is no ship now that can bear me hence
Time doesn't seem to pass here: it just is.
I do not believe this darkness will endure.
I don't know, and I would rather not guess.
Curse us and crush us, my precious is lost!
I have the hatred of apartheid in my bones.
Valour needs first strength, then a weapon.
For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
It was a hobbit hole, and that means comfort
The doom lies in yourself, not in your name.
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
It is no bad thing celebrating a simple life.
You aren't nearly through this adventure yet.
I am going with him, if he climbs to the Moon.
I'm a Roman Catholic! A devout Roman Catholic.
And he smote the Balrog upon the mountainside.
It is plain that we were meant to go together.
The Darkness has begun. There will be no dawn.
Wars are not favourable to delicate pleasures.
Don't put a lump of rock under my elbow again!
For it is easier to shout 'Stop', than to do it
It's a dangerous business, going out your door.
On their deathbed men will speak true, they say.
He drew a deep breath. 'Well, I'm back,' he said.
Very potent influence on myself has been Finnish.
Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
If by my life or death I can protect you, I will.
I'm looking for someone to share in an adventure.
It is mine to give to whom I will, like my heart.
Adventures are not all pony-rides in May-sunshine.
Let the unseen days be. Today is more than enough.