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J. R. R. Tolkien, fully John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. 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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J. R. R. Tolkien, fully John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil. It is useless to meet revenge with revenge: it will heal nothing.
J. R. R. Tolkien, fully John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Glorfindel smiled. 'I doubt very much,' he said, 'if your friends would be in danger if you were not with them! The pursuit would follow you and leave us in peace, I think. It is you, Frodo, and that which you bear that brings us all in peril.