"And over the village slipped the days, passing into the nights; the weeks flowed by, the months crept on, the wind ho…"

"When swept out of its normal channel, life scatters into innumerable streams. It is difficult to foresee which it wil…"

"Sometimes life played with him, sometimes it hung on him like a stone round the neck of a drowned man."

"The grass grows over the graves, time overgrows the pain. The wind blew away the traces of those who had departed; ti…"

"‘The Don! The Don! The gentle Don! Our father; giver of our food! Hurrah!’"

"This, then, was the yeast on which Barad-Dur rose six centuries ago, that amazing city of alchemists and poets, mecha…"

"“What are we wizards but consumers of that which our predecessors have created, while they are creators of new knowle…"

"“You know, those who are motivated by greed, lust for power, or wounded pride are half-way tolerable, at least they f…"

"“Craft the Final Solution to the Mordorian problem, sure, but when it’s time to implement it, you always hide in the …"

"“In two or three decades the Elves will turn Middle Earth into a well-tended tidy lawn, and Men into cute pets; they …"