The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.

But to Sam the evening deepened to darkness as he stood at the Haven; and as he looked at the grey sea he saw only a shadow in the waters that was soon lost in the West. There he stood far into the night, hearing only the sigh and murmur of the waves on the shores of Middle-Earth, and the sound of them sank deep into his heart.

Great heart will not be denied.

Tomorrow we may come this way, And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun

I invented that little rhyme about 'One Ring to rule them all', I remember, in the bath one day.

And long there he lay, an image of the splendour of the Kings of Men in glory undimmed before the breaking of the world.

I am dreading the publication, for it will be impossible not to mind what is said. I have exposed my heart to be shot at.