The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)

by J.R.R. Tolkien

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

‘I wish it need not have happened in my time,’ said Frodo. ‘So do I,’ said Gandalf, ‘and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.

The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.’

‘Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.’

‘Courage is found in unlikely places,’ said Gildor. ‘Be of good hope!

‘It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish,