For nothing is evil in the beginning.

Fantasy remains a human right: we make in our measure and in our derivative mode, because we are made: and not only made, but made in the image and likeness of a Maker.

Curse us and crush us, my precious is lost!

I've always been impressed that we are here, surviving, because of the indomitable courage of quite small people against impossible odds.

It is wisdom to recognize necessity when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope.

The world has changed. I see it in the water. I feel it in the Earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, For none now live who remember it.

Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and strive for patience, if you can.