The treacherous are ever distrustful.

Where there's life there's hope, and need of vittles.

There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made.

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

Take now this Ring,' he said; 'for thy labours and thy cares will be heavy, but in all it will support thee and defend thee from weariness. For this is the Ring of Fire, and herewith, maybe, thou shalt rekindle hearts to the valour of old in a world that grows chill.

Don't the great tales never end?" "No, they never end as tales," said Frodo. "But the people in them come, and go when their part's ended. Our part will end later – or sooner.

Gandalf thought of most things; and though he could not do everything, he could do a great deal for friends in a tight corner.