Five Quotes, vol. vi

"Work of the Enemy!" said Gandalf.  "Such deeds he loves:  friend at war with friend; loyalty divided in confusion of hearts."
- The Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien


"For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing:  there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
- The Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien


"Many folk like to know beforehand what is to be set on the table; but those who have laboured to prepare the feast like to keep their secret; for wonder makes the words of praise louder."
- The Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien


"Yet it is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wheren we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till.  What weather they shall have is not ours to rule."
- Gandalf, The Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien


Me:  "Did you say 'bonsoir'?"
J:  "No, I just said 'hey.'"