It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end.

And it is not our part here to take thought only for a season, or for a few lives of Men, or for a passing age of the world.

We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!

I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone.

Here you find us sitting on a field of victory, amid the plunder of armies, and you wonder how we came by a few well-earned comforts!

Still, I wonder if we shall ever be put into songs or tales. We're in one, of course; but I mean: put into words, you know, told by the fireside, or read out loud of a great big book with red and black letters, years and years afterwards. And people will say: 'Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring' and they'll say 'Oh yes, that's one of my favorite stories.