“There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made.”
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“It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.”
“Your time will come. You will face the same evil, and you will defeat it.”
“I will not walk backward in life.”
“Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.”