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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973)
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Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), Letter to Michael Tolkien, March 1941
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'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.': J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Lost Road
Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Lord Of the Rings, Book Four, Chapter One
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His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking, best, or a pleasant mixture of them all.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Hobbit
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Fellowship of the Ring

Results from Cole's Quotables:

Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973)

Results from Internet Collections: alt.quotations Archives:

'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.': J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Lost Road

Results from Contributed Quotations:

There I lay staring upward, while the stars wheeled over... Faint to my ears came the gathered rumour of all lands: the springing and the dying, the song and the weeping, and the slow everlasting groan of overburdened stone.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973)
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.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Fellowship of the Ring

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