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“Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love. Why Bilbo Baggins? Perhaps because I am afraid, and he gives me courage.”
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“There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough.”
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“Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.”
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“Remember friends as you pass by as you are now so once was I. As I am now so you must be prepare yourself to follow me.
(18th Century epitaph)”
― A Grave Matter
(18th Century epitaph)”
― A Grave Matter
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