I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for the….

Then the voices of the Ainur, like unto harps and lutes, and pipes and trumpets, and viols and organs, and like unto countless choirs singing with wo….

He is not half through yet, and to what he will come in the end not even Elrond can foretell. Not to evil, I think. He may become like a glass filled….

I wish I was at home in my nice hole by the fire, with the kettle just beginning to sing!.

evil labours with vast power and perpetual success - in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in..

For even the very wise cannot see all ends..

Gandalf: Confound it all, Samwise Gamgee. Have you been eavesdropping? Sam: I ain't been droppin' no eaves sir, honest. I was just cutting the grass ….

I don't know how to say it, but after last night I feel different. I seem to see ahead, in a kind of way. I know we are going to take a very long roa….

What did I tell you, Mr. Pippin?' said Sam, sheathing his sword. 'Wolves won't get him. That was an eye-opener, and no mistake! Nearly singed the hai….

I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air. I am he that walks unseen. I am the clue-finder….

These folk are hewers of trees and hunters of beasts; therefore we are their unfriends, and if they will not depart we shall afflict them in all ways….

And Gandalf said: "This is your realm, and the heart of the greater realm that shall be. The Third Age of the world is ended, and the new age is begu….

For the rest, they shall represent the other Free Peoples of the World: Elves, Dwarves, and Men, Legolas shall be for the Elves; and Gimli son of Glo….

Art is the human process that produces by the way (it is not its only or ultimate object) Secondary Belief..

Hobbits delighted in such things, if they were accurate; they liked to have books filled with things that they already knew, set out fair and square ….

He was kindhearted, in a way. You know the sort of kind heart: it made him uncomfortable more often than it made him do anything; and even when he di….

Yet at the last Beren was slain by the Wolf that came from the gates of Angband, and he died in the arms of Tinúviel. But she chose mortality, and to….

Fare well we call to hearth and hall Though wind may blow and rain may fall We must away ere break of day Over the wood and mountain tall To Rivendel….

True education is a kind of never-ending story . . ..

My political opinions lean more and more to anarchy. The most improper job of any man, even saints, is bossing other men. There is only one bright sp….

There are many things in the deep waters; and seas and lands may change. And it is not our part here to take thought only for a season, or for a few ….