Drebbles

“He fought the real battle in the tunnel alone, before he ever saw the vast danger that lay in wait.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“How could they?” The woman scoffs. “I’ve been dead for fifteen years.”
― Addison Moore, Cruising Through Midlife

“There are orcs and trolls, there are wargs and werewolves; and there have been and still are many Men, warriors and kings, that walk alive under the Sun, and yet are under his sway. And their number is growing daily.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“let loose. Crowds pressed against the wrought-iron fence. Television cameramen struggled for angle shots of the glittering skull and were shooed away by lieutenants of Homicide trying to determine how Ruby Redd got to be Ruby”
― Charlotte MacLeod, The Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn Mysteries Volume One: The Family Vault, The Withdrawing Room, and The Palace Guard