Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to.

The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision.

Thank you, Sam," he said in a cracked whisper. "How far is there to go?" I don't know," said Sam, "because I don't know where we're going.

Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you've done since you left home.

For victory is victory, however small, nor is its worth only from what follows from it.

There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something.

Maybe the paths that you each shall tread are already laid before your feet though you do not see them