I will take the Ring", he said, "though I do not know the wa... - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater."

"The Road goes ever on and onDown from the door where it began.Now far ahead the Road has gone,And I must follow, if I can,Pursuing it with eager feet,Until it joins some larger wayWhere many paths and errands meet.And whither then? I cannot say"

"It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not."

"The world was fair, the mountains tallIn Elder Days before the fall..."

"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater."