J.R.R. Tolkien

“The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it's no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won't come.” - The Return of the King

“Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to…

“Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?' A man may do both,' said Aragorn. 'For not we but those who come after will

“Nobody believes me when I say that my long book is an attempt to create a world in which a form of language agreeable to my personal…

“What then was this hope, if you know?’ Finrod asked. ‘They say,’ answered Andreth: ‘they say that the One will himself enter into Arda…