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Title: The Fellowship of the Ring Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien Category:books Number of Highlights: 5 Date: 2024-10-03 Last Highlighted: 2024-10-03
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I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. (821)
‘I wish it need not have happened in my time,’ said Frodo. ‘So do I,’ said Gandalf, ‘and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. (1235)
Tags:persistence
Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. (1882)
Tags:fantasy
‘Yes, sir. I don’t know how to say it, but after last night I feel different. I seem to see ahead, in a kind of way. I know we are going to take a very long road, into darkness; but I know I can’t turn back. It isn’t to see Elves now, nor dragons, nor mountains, that I want – I don’t rightly know what I want: but I have something to do before the end, and it lies ahead, not in the Shire. I must see it through, sir, if you understand me.’ (1935)
Note: Sam responding to Frodo about going back.
Tags:fantasy,perception,future
‘Despair, or folly?’ said Gandalf. ‘It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. It is wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope. (5431)
---- ‘Despair, or folly?’ said Gandalf. ‘It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. It is wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope. (Location 5431)