My friend, you had horses, and deed of arms, and the free fields; but she, being born in the body of a maid, had a spirit and courage at least the match of yours. Yet she was doomed to wait upon an old man, whom she loved as a father, and watch him falling into a mean dishonoured dotage; and her part seemed to her more ignoble than that of the staff he leaned on. -Gandalf to Eomer, of Eowyn

I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and broke the mountain-side where he smote it in his ruin.

So fair, so cold; like a morning of pale spring still clinging to winter's chill.

You have to understand the good in things, to detect the real evil.

If only that dratted wizard would leave young Frodo alone, perhaps he'll settle down and grow some hobbit-sense,' they said. And to all appearance the wizard did leave Frodo alone, and he did settle down, but the growth of hobbit-sense was not very noticable.

I have no help to send, therefore I must go myself.

People remember Longfellow wrote Hiawatha, quite forget he was a Professor of Modern Languages!