J. R. R. Tolkien On Quotations

Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo, a star shines on the hour of our meeting.

I'm going on an adventure!

The War is not over (and the one that is, or the part of it, has been largely lost). But it is of course wrong to fall into such a mood, for Wars are always lost, and War always goes on; and it is no good growing faint.

Well, you can go on looking forward," said Gandalf. "There may be many unexpected feasts ahead of you.

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.