“We may indeed in counsel point to the higher road, but we cannot compel any free creature to walk upon it. That leadeth to tyranny, which disfigureth good and maketh it seem hateful.”

“Folly it may seem. Indeed in nothing is the power of the Dark Lord more clearly shown than in the estrangement that divides all those who still oppose him…. We live now upon an island amid many perils, and our hands are more often upon the bowstring than upon the harp”

“That is the purpose for which you are called hither. Called, is say, though I have not called you to me, strangers from distant lands. You have come and are here met, in this very nick of time, by chance as it may seem. Yet it is not so. Believe rather that it is so ordered that we, who sit here, and none others, must now find counsel for the peril of the world.”

“Together we will take the road that leads into the West,And far away will find a land where both our hearts may rest.”

“Thief, thief, thief! Baggins! We hates it, we hates it, we hates it forever!”

“For you do not yet know the strengths of your hearts, and you cannot foresee what each may meet on the road.”

“Farewell, and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you.May the stars shine upon your faces!”