Book detail: The Children of Húrin is presented as a focused source page for quotations connected with this book, collection, transcript, or source record.
An intricate tale of a noble family's struggle against darkness, featuring a complex narrative and richly developed characters
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“Aure entuluva! day shall come again!”
“The world was fair, the mountains tall In Elder Days before the fall.”
“I will not walk backward in life.”
“Let the unseen days be. Today is more than enough.”
“For victory is victory, however small, nor is its worth only from what follows from it.”
“Perhaps it is better not to tell what you wish. if you cannot have it.”
“But whenever I say that I will do this or that, it looks very different when the time comes.”