It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
("The Fellowship of the Ring")
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After some time he felt for his pipe. It was not broken, and that was something. Then he felt for his pouch, and there was some tobacco in it, and that was something more. Then he felt for matches and he could not find any at all, and that shattered his hopes completely.
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And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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Orcs, and talking trees, and leagues of grass, and galloping riders, and glittering caves, and white towers and golden halls, and battles, and tall ships sailing, all these passed before Sam's mind.
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Love not too well the work of thy hands and the devices of thy heart; and remember that the true hope of the Noldor lieth in the West, and cometh from the Sea.
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