Then holding the star aloft and the bright sword advanced, Frodo, hobbit of the Shire, walked steadily down to meet the eyes.

There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.

I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to

Fair speech may hide a foul heart.

Better mistrust undeserved than rash words.

And here he was, a little halfling from the Shire, a simple hobbit of the quiet countryside, expected to find a way where the great ones could not go, or dared not go. It was an evil fate.

I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory.

The treacherous are ever distrustful.

Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end.

And he smote the Balrog upon the mountainside.

Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed.

What if . . . What if I am stupid? Like people say?

The practice is simple. Whatever you're doing, do that with total awareness.

Sometimes love is not enough.

How mighty you are as death comes upon you and your color fades. Yet from life and lush to bold array, screaming into the night.

BAREFOOT BEACHTake off your shoes-You're on barefoot beach.Relax in the sunshine-Broken only by trees.

I look in the mirror every morning, okay. What is going on here? You know, I just say, 'Look, it's sheer insanity.'

I think always as an actor. I go in knowing how I'm going to play it. That's about it.

She pouted her lips like a gun in my face.

In my life I do a lot of things but I never forget my training.

Our land passes in and out of our bodies just as our bodies pass in and out of our land