Books ought to have good endings.How would this do: and they all settled down and lived together happily ever after?
J. R. R. TolkienI was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
J. R. R. TolkienI am rather tired, and no longer young enough to pillage the night to make up for the deficit of hours in the day..." JRR Tolkien, Letter # 174
J. R. R. TolkienIn that hour of trial it was the love of his master that helped most to hold him firm; but also deep down in him lived still unconquered his plain hobbit-sense: he knew in the core of his heart that he was not large enough to bear such a burden, even if such visions were not a mere cheat to betray him.
J. R. R. Tolkien