There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark.

There was some murmuring, but also some grins on the faces of the men looking on: the sight of their Captain sitting on the ground and eye to eye with a young hobbit, legs well apart, bristling with wrath, was one beyond their experience.

It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.

It would be the death of you to come with me, Sam," said Frodo, "and I could not have borne that." "Not as certain as being left behind," said Sam. "But I am going to Mordor." "I know that well enough, Mr. Frodo. Of course you are. And I'm coming with you.

He may become like a glass filled with a clear light for eyes to see that can.

You may not like my burglar, but please don't damage him.

Each of us embodies, in a particular tale and clothed in the garments of time & place, universal truth and everlasting life.