Quotes from J.R.R. Tolkien

All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renenwed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.

There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of Men for this treachery.

And this, our life exempt from public haunts, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.

We are a plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures.

Then said Littleheart son of Bronweg: ·'Know then that Tuor was a man who dwelt in very ancient days in that land of the North called Dor-lómin or The Land of Shadows and of the Eldar the Noldoli know it best' .

Curse us and crush us, my precious is lost!

All stories are ultimately about the fall.

This is the ending. Now not day only shall be beloved, but night too shall be beautiful and blessed and all its fear pass away.

He knew that all the hazards and perils were now drawing together to a point: the next day would be a day of doom, the day of final effort or disaster, the last gasp.