I don't know, and I would rather not guess.

In this Music [the singing of the angels in harmony] the World was begun; for Iluvatar made visible the song of the Ainur,and they beheld it as a light in the darkness.

Speak no evil of the Lady Galadriel!" said Aragorn sternly. "You know not what you say. There is in her and in this land, no evil, unless a man bring it hither himself. Then let him beware!

The burned hand teaches best. After that, advice about fire goes to the heart.

Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end.

I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to

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 lives of Men, or for a passing age of the world. We should seek a final end of this menace, even if we do not hope to make one.