classic-starters:

starters from the 1910s novel, THE CHILDREN OF HÚRIN, by j. r. r. tolkien

• “that oath is still on us.”
  
• “but you live, and so does the enemy who has done this to us.”
  
• “that was a great battle, they say.”
  
• “what is fate?”
  
• “it may be that we fled from the fear of the dark, only to find it here before us, and nowhere else to fly but the sea.”
  
• “we are not afraid any longer.”
  
• “grief is a hone to a hard mind.”
  
• “what lies under your words?”
  
• “where else is hope?”
  
• “i shall be far away and all alone.”
  
• “i would rather look on my foes with my true face.”
  
• “what do you desire?”
  
• “i see that i am mistaken.”
  
• “we take their lives as forfeit, unless they can ransom them.”
  
• “a strange way to gain entry to a fellowship … ”
  
• “outlaws know no law but their needs.”
  
• “then choose a new captain!”
  
• “now tell your tale, and be brief.”
  
• “is it farewell, then?”
  
• “it is growing dark.”
  
• “there is blood on the hill – top.”
  
• “do you fear that you have followed a spider to the heart of his web?”
  
• “why do you look upon me so?”
  
• “i offer you freedom.”
  
• “maybe the tale is too sad yet to tell.”
  
• “i will flee no more.”
  
• “we are hemmed in this land.”
  
• “where all lies on chance, to chance we must trust.”
  
• “you come at last; i have waited to long!”
  
• “it was a dark road. i have come as i could.”