1/5 “I do not think that Frodo's was a moral failure. At the last moment the pressure of the Ring would reach its maximum—impossible, I should have said, for any one to resist, certainly after long possession, months of increasing torment, and when starved & exhausted.” #Tolkien

2/5 “Frodo had done what he could and spent himself completely (as an instrument of Providence) and had produced a situation in which the object of his quest could be achieved.” #Tolkien

3/5 “His humility (with which he began) and his sufferings were justly rewarded by the highest honour; and his exercise of patience and mercy towards Gollum gained him Mercy: his failure was redressed.” #Tolkien