But Tolkien doesn't ask the question: What was Aragorn's tax policy?

You little fool. Tears are not a woman's only weapon. You've got another one between your legs, and you'd best learn to use it. You'll find men use their swords freely enough. Both kinds of swords.

Kill the boy, Jon Snow. Winter is almost upon us. Kill the boy and let the man be born.

Will you make a song for him?' the woman asked. 'He has a song,' the man replied. 'He is the prince that was promised, and his is the song of ice and fire.

I never finished any of my early stories. They were all beginnings, an endless number of beginnings.

The girl had hoped for fog, but the gods ignored her prayers as gods so often did.

Aemon’s blind white eyes came open. “Egg?” he said, as the rain streamed down his cheeks. “Egg, I dreamed that I was old.