“ Nay! Alas for us all! And for all that walk in the world in these after-days. For such is the way of it: to find and lose, as it seems to those whose boat is on the running stream. But I count you ble… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do no be too eager to deal out death in judgment. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ It is usually assumed that children are the natural or the specially appropriate audience for fairy-stories. In describing a fairy-story which they think adults might possibly read for their own enter… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ I'll get there, if I leave everything but my bones behind, said Sam. And I'll carry Mr. Frodo up myself, if it breaks my back and heart. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ I am not a 'democrat' only because 'humility' and equality are spiritual principles corrupted by the attempt to mechanize and formalize them, with the result that we get not universal smallness and hu… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ He raised his staff. There was a roll of thunder. The sunlight was blotted out from the eastern windows; the whole hall became suddenly dark as night. The fire faded to sullen embers. Only Gandalf cou… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ For you do not yet know the strengths of your hearts, and you cannot foresee what each may meet on the road. J.R.R. Tolkien
