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"Memory is not what the heart desires."

"When heads are at a loss, bodies must serve. . . The strongest of us must seek a way."

"You do not yet know the strength of your hearts, and you cannot foresee what each may meet upon the road."

Nothing is evil in the beginning.

"I can't abide changes," said he, "not at my time of life, and least of all changes for the worst."

Someone else always has to carry on the story.

"You are not supposed to talk or worry about anything today, by Elrond's orders."
"But talking would stop me thinking and wondering, which are quite as tiring," said Frodo.

There was Tom, whistling like a tree-full of birds.

"Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill."

"I do really wish to destroy it!" cried Frodo. "Or, well, to have it destroyed. I am not made for perilous quests. I wish I had never seen the Ring! Why did it come to me? Why was I chosen?"
"Such questions cannot be answered," said Gandalf. . . "But you have been chosen and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have."