# Quote — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

> The Doom of Men, that they should depart, was at first a gift of Ilúvatar. It became a grief to them only because coming under the shadow of Morgoth it seemed to them that they were surrounded by a great darkness, of which they were afraid; and some grew wilful and proud and would not yield, until life was reft from them.

- Author: [J.R.R. Tolkien](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jrr-tolkien.md)
- Book: [The Silmarillion](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jrr-tolkien/the-silmarillion.md)
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- Topics: [death](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/death.md), [fear of death](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/fear-of-death.md)
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> Here I have found what I sought not indeed, but finding I would possess for ever. For it is above all gold and silver, and beyond all jewels. Neither rock, nor steel, nor the fires of Morgoth, nor all the powers of the Elf-kingdoms, shall keep from me the treasure that I desire. For Lúthien your daughter is the fairest of all the Children of the World.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jrr-tolkien/the-silmarillion/here-i-have.md)

Topics: [love](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/love.md), [beauty](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/beauty.md)

> Love not too well the work of thy hands and the devices of thy heart; and remember that the true hope of the Noldor lieth in the West, and cometh from the Sea.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jrr-tolkien/the-silmarillion/love-not-too.md)

Topics: [hope](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/hope.md), [advice](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/advice.md)

> He that sows lies in the end shall not lack of a harvest, and soon he may rest from toil indeed while others reap and sow in his stead.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jrr-tolkien/the-silmarillion/he-that-sows.md)

Topics: [lies](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/lies.md)