Always after a defeat and a respite, the Shadow takes another shape and grows again. Author: J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Quote More from J.R.R. Tolkien “For a while the hobbits continued to talk and think of the past journey and of …” “And thus it came to pass that the Silmarils found their long homes: one in the …” “Home is behind, the world ahead,And there are many paths to treadThrough shadow…” “Frodo drew the Ring out of his pocket again and looked at it. It now appeared p…”