Sean Blankenship

“If ever you are passing my way, don't wait to knock! Tea is at four; but any of you are welcome at any time”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“Leaf and branch, water and stone: they have the hue and beauty of all these things under the twilight of Lórien that we love; for we put the thought of all that we love into all that we make.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“No!” said Thorin. “There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“Ours is but a small matter in the great deeds of this time. A vain pursuit from its beginning, maybe, which no choice of mine can mar or mend.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings