A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

Each of us embodies, in a particular tale and clothed in the garments of time & place, universal truth and everlasting life.

Oh! That was poetry!" said Pippin. "Do you really mean to start before the break of day?

He [Bilbo] fought the real battle in the tunnel alone, before he ever saw the vast danger that lay in wait.

They must understand that – Elrond and the Council, and the great Lords and Ladies with all their wisdom. Their plans have gone wrong. I can't be their Ring-bearer. Not without Mr. Frodo.

To crooked eyes truth may wear a wry face