Brad Clark

“He told of a wondrous land beyond the Sunset Sea, a land without winter or want, where death had no dominion.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

“Then Beren lay upon the ground in a swoon, as one slain at once by bliss and grief; and he fell into a sleep as it were into an abyss of shadow, and waking he was cold as stone, and his heart barren and forsaken.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

“The Noldor also it was who first achieved the making of gems; and the fairest of all gems were the Silmarils, and they are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

“Meneldur was a man of gentle mood, without pride, whose exercise was rather in thought than in deeds of the body. He loved dearly the land of Númenor and all things in it, but he gave no heed to the Sea that lay all about it; for his mind looked further than Middle-earth: he was enamoured of the stars and the heavens.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth