J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion Quotes

All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others.

Shall we mourn here deedless forever a shadow-folk mist-haunting dropping vain tears in the thankless sea

But he that sows lies in the end shall not lack of a harvest, and soon he may rest from toil indeed, while others reap and sow in his stead.

Nightingales sang about her wherever she went.

The love of Arda was set in your hearts by Ilúvatar, and he does not plant to no purpose.

Where are Haldad my father, and Haldad my brother? If the king of Doriath fears a friendship between Haleth and those who have devoured her kin, then the ways of the Eldar are strange to Men.

Many are the strange chances of the world, ' said Mithrandir, 'and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.