"Life is rather above the measure of..." - Quote by J R R Tolkien

“Farewell! I go to find the Sun!”

“Those were happier days, when there was still close friendship at times between folk of different race, even between Dwarves and Elves.' It was not the fault of the Dwarves that the friendship waned,' said Gimli. I have not heard that it was the fault of the Elves,' said Legolas. I have heard both,' said Gandalf[.]”

“Saruman," I said, standing away from him, "only one hand at a time can weild the One, and you know that well, so do not trouble to say we!”

“For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.”

“Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.”

“If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.”

“Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR per G.G., CHIEF OF ORDNANCE”

“All great art and literature is propaganda.”

“Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none in all the literature of the world”