Hammer and tongs! I am so torn between rage and joy, that if I do not burst, it will be a marvel!

O! Tril-lil-lil-lolly the valley is jolly, ha! ha! -Elves of Rivendell

The wise speak only of what they know

But you speak of Master Gandalf, as if he was in a story that had come to an end.' 'Yes, we do,' said Pippin sadly. 'The story seems to be going on, but I am afraid Gandalf has fallen out of it.

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

There cannot be any 'story' without a fall - all stories are ultimately about the fall - at least not for human minds as we know them and have them.

I will take the Ring", he said, "though I do not know the way.