As a Tolkien fan, I need to point out that the attribution is from Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”. It is not a quote from Tolkien, and to his credit Stephen does not attribute it to Tolkien. Just wanted to clarify this, as I’ve seen this quote attributed directly to Tolkien elsewhere on the interwebs.
As a Tolkien fan, I need to point out that the attribution is from Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”. It is not a quote from Tolkien, and to his credit Stephen does not attribute it to Tolkien. Just wanted to clarify this, as I’ve seen this quote attributed directly to Tolkien elsewhere on the interwebs.