"Bilbo lay with his eyes shut, gasping..." - Quote by J R R Tolkien

“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”

“Rover did not know in the least where the moon's path led to, and at present he was much too frightened and excited to ask, and anyway he was beginning to get used to extraordinary things happening to him.”

“The future, good or ill, was not forgotten, but ceased to have any power over the present. Health and hope grew strong in them, and they were content with each good day as it came, taking pleasure in every meal, and in every word and song.”

“Happy the man who from the sea escapes the storm and finds harbor.”

“If one seeks relief from unbearable pressure, one is to eat hashish.”

“one pain is cured by another. catch some new infection in your eye and the poison of the old one would die.”

“I'm tired of everybody. Please forgive me.”

“Winston was gelatinous with fatigue.”

“He loved mountains, or he had loved the thought of them marching on the edge of stories brought from far away; but now he was borne down by the insupportable weight of Middle-earth. He longed to shut out the immensity in a quiet room by a fire.”