

“A noble friend is the best gift. A noble enemy is the next best.”
― The Chronicles of Narnia
― The Chronicles of Narnia

“Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings

“his old life lay behind in the mists, dark adventure lay in front.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings

“was I chosen?’ ‘Such questions cannot be answered,’ said Gandalf. ‘You may be sure that it was not for any merit that others do not possess: not for power or wisdom, at any rate. But you have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings

“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.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings
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