J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Chapter 1

The Darkness has begun. There will be no dawn.
J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord Of the Rings, Book Four, Chapter One
Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends.
J.R.R. Tolkien - The Fellowship of the Ring
The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair; and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.

- J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Chapter 1