Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall

I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations.

I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.

Ónen i-estel edain, ú-chebin estel anim. (I gave Hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept none for myself.) (Gilraen's linnod)

All that is gold does not glitter.

There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been measured. But my time is coming.

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