deep they delved us, fair they wrought us, high they builded us; but they are gone.

Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.

A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.

How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.

What did I tell you, Mr. Pippin?' said Sam, sheathing his sword. 'Wolves won't get him. That was an eye-opener, and no mistake! Nearly singed the hair off my head!

Why was I chosen?' 'Such questions cannot be answered,' said Gandalf. 'You may be sure that it was not for any merit that others do not possess. But you have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.

The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.