"So comes snow after fire, and even..." - Quote by J R R Tolkien

“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory”

“Time doesn't seem to pass here: it just is.”

“Then hope unlooked-for came so suddenly to Eomer's heart, and with it the bite of care and fear renewed, that he said no more, but turned and went swiftly from the hall.”

“Amidst the rush of worldly comings and goings, I observe how all endings become beginnings”

“No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard.”

“Then Elrond and Galadriel rode on; for the Third Age was over and the Days of the Rings were passed and an end was come of the story and song of those times.”

“What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.”

“It's slow. It's inch by inch. But nature always bats last. The planet isn't going anywhere.”

“The reverence for the deeds of our ancestors is a treacherous sentiment. Their merit was not to reverence the old, but to honor the present moment; and we falsely make them excuses of the very habit which they hated and defied.”