Some sang too that Thror and Thrain would come back one day and gold would flow in rivers, through the mountain-gates, and… — J. R. R. Tolkien Business Copy Share Image
I should like to save the Shire, if I could - though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
My political opinions lean more and more to anarchy. The most improper job of any man, even saints, is bossing other men.… — J. R. R. Tolkien Anarchy Copy Share Image
The Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects the generally small reach of their imagination -… — J. R. R. Tolkien Courage Copy Share Image
The enemy? His sense of duty was no less than yours, I deem. You wonder what his name is, where he came… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
'Nonetheless day will bring hope to me,' said Aragorn. 'Is it not said that no foe has ever taken the Hornburg, if… — J. R. R. Tolkien Foe Copy Share Image
Middle-earth is our world. I have (of course) placed the action in a purely imaginary (though not wholly impossible) period of antiquity,… — J. R. R. Tolkien Action Copy Share Image
The rule of no realm is mine. But all worthy things that are in peril as the world now stands, those are… — J. R. R. Tolkien Bears Copy Share Image
I have never had much confidence in my own work, and even now when I am assured (still much to my grateful… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Despair, or folly?’ said Gandalf. ‘It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.… — J. R. R. Tolkien Despair Copy Share Image
Eastward the dawn rose, ridge behind ridge into the morning, and vanished out of eyesight into guess; it was no more than… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Middle English is an exciting field - almost uncharted, I begin to think, because as soon as one turns detailed personal attention… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
