The wolf that one hears is worse than the orc that one fears.

My dear Frodo!’ exclaimed Gandalf. ‘Hobbits really are amazing creatures, as I have said before. You can learn all that there is to know about their ways in a month, and yet after a hundred years they can still surprise you at a pinch.

It is ever so with the things that Men begin: there is a frost in Spring, or a blight in Summer, and they fail of their promise.

There are other men, and other lives, and time still to be.

Hush! Take no notice!" - Gandalf

The greatest adventure is what lies ahead

Slight changes simply make a blur.