“True courage is knowing not when to take a life, but to save one.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“These are indeed strange days,’ he (Éomer) muttered. ‘Dreams and legends spring to life out of the grass.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“But of bliss and glad life there is little to be said, before it ends; as works fair and wonderful, while they… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“But to this Orc-work such a life as we lead has brought us. Lawless and fruitless all our deeds have been, serving… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Romance is a sudden and miraculous grace: never to be counted on to recur. It does not deny the existence of eucatastrophe,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Now at any rate he is as bad as an Orc, and just an enemy. He deserves death.’ ‘Deserves it! I daresay… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Literature shrivels in a universal language, and an uprooted language rots before it dies. And it should be possible to lift the… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“The doom of the Elves is to be immortal, to love the beauty of the world, to bring it to full flower… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“I sit beside the fire and think Of all that I have seen Of meadow flowers and butterflies In summers that have… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Then Eomer was silent, and looked on his sister, as if pondering anew all the days of their past life together. But… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“[T]here were two musics progressing at one time before the seat of Ilúvatar, and they were utterly at variance. The one was… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Then out of the blackness in his mind he thought that he heard Dernhelm speaking; yet now the voice seemed strange, recalling… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Roads Go Ever On Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!" Then Merry heard in all sounds of the hour the strangest. It… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Not long ago-incredible though it may seem-I heard a clerk of Oxford declare that he 'welcomed' the proximity of mass-production robot factories,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“The king was silent. "Ents!" he said at length. "Out of the shadows of legend I begin a little to understand the… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“I will vouch for him before the seat of Denethor,' said Gandalf. 'And as for valour, that cannot be computed by stature. He has… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“I have chosen Mr Baggins and that ought to be enough for all of you. If I say he is a Burglar, a Burglar… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“The consolation of fairy-stories, the joy of the happy ending; or more correctly of the good catastrophe, the sudden joyous "turn" (for there is… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“Sméagol won't grub for roots and carrotses and - taters. What's taters, precious, eh, what's taters?' 'Po-ta-toes,' said Sam. 'The Gaffer's delight, and rare… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“But the Queen Arwen said: 'A gift I will give you. For I am the daughter of Elrond. I shall not go with him… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“If you lived near the edge of Mirkwood, you would take the word of no one that you did not know as well as… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“He was dark-haired as his mother, and promised to be like her in mood also; for he was not merry, and spoke little, though… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“Sam: Mordor. The one place in Middle-earth we don't want to see any closer, and the one place we're trying to get to. It's… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“May your beer be laid under an enchantment of surpassing excellence for seven years!” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“Though sword shall be rusted, And throne and crown perish With strength that men trusted And wealth that they cherish, Here grass is still… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“Seguid si es vuestro deber —dijo—, yo me echaré aquí a dormir y a soñar con comida, ya que no puedo tenerla de otro… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“Co to mělo v kapšiškách? Nechtělo to říct, ne, milášku. Podvodníšek mrňavá. Nefér otázka. Podvádělo to první. Poruššilo to pravidla. Měli šme to žmáčknout,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
![“[T]here were two musics progressing at one time before the seat of Ilúvatar, and they were utterly at variance. The one was deep and wide and beautiful, but slow and blended with an immeasurable sorrow, from which its beauty chiefly came. The other had now achieved a unity of its own; but it was…” quote by J.R.R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b74/j-r-r-tolkien-204_beauty_t-here-were-two-musics-progressing-at-on_112341.jpg)
