We all long for Eden, and we are constantly glimpsing it: our whole nature at its best and least corrupted, its gentlest and most human, is still soaked with the sense of exile.

Little by little, one travels far

It never does to leave a live Dragon out of the equation.

The realm of Suaron is ended!' said Gandalf. 'The Ring-bearer has fulfilled his Quest

What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked. "A cage," [Éowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.

Let the unseen days be. Today is more than enough.

Perilous to us all are the devices of an art deeper than we possess ourselves.