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He did not go much further, but sat down on the cold floor and gave himself up to complete miserableness, for a long while. He thought of himself fryi...more

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I hope I never smell the smell of apples again!" said Fili. "My tub was full of ut. To smell apples everlastingly when you can scarcely move and are c...more

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Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars, not if you care for such things.

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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 thro...more

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They made for his noise far quicker than he had expected. They were frightfully angry. Quite apart from the stones no spider has ever like being calle...more

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His rage passes description - the sort of rage that is only seen when rich folk that have more than they can enjoy suddenly lose something that they h...more

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As a lord was heldfor the strength of his body and stoutness of heart.Much lore he learned, and loved wisdombut fortune followed him in few desires;of...more

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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.

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Don't trust your head, Samwise, it is not the best part of you.

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All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men have died in battle and honour, you have leave to be b...more

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Slowly the lights of the torches in front of Merry flicked and went out, and he was walking in a darkness; and he thought: ‘This is a tunnel leading t...more

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I stand in Minas Anor, the Tower of the Sun; and behold! the Shadow has departed! I will be a Shieldmaiden no longer, nor vie with the great Riders, n...more

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Well, you have now, Sam, dear Sam,’ said Frodo, and he lay back in Sam’s gentle arms, closing his eyes, like a child at rest when night-fears are driv...more

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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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How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that g...more