I have not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a serving-man till the lightning falls.
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Deserves it I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. I have not much hope that Gollum can be cured before he dies, but there is a chance of it. And he is bound up with the fate of the Ring. My heart tells me that he has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before the end and when that comes, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many - yours not least.J.R.R. Tolkien
It is a dangerous business going out your front door.
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What do you fear my lady' 'A cage. To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them and all chance of valor has gone beyond beyond recall or desire.
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It needs more to make a king than a piece of elvish glass, or a rabble such as this.
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...to crooked eyes truth may wear a wry face.
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It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger someone has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.
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