“I am frightened; and I do not feel any pity for Gollum.’ ‘You have not seen him,’ Gandalf broke in. ‘No, and… — J.R.R. Tolkien Death Copy Share Image
“And all the host laughed and wept, and in the midst of their merriment and tears the clear voice of the minstrel… — J.R.R. Tolkien Joy Copy Share Image
“A wild light came into Frodo's eyes. 'Stand away! Don't touch me!' he cried. 'It is mine, I say. Be off!' His… — J.R.R. Tolkien Burden Copy Share Image
“Far over the misty mountains cold To dungeons deep and caverns old We must away ere break of day To seek the… — J.R.R. Tolkien Dwarves Copy Share Image
“And far away, as Frodo put on the Ring and claimed it for his own, even in Sammath Naur the very heart… — J.R.R. Tolkien Desperation Copy Share Image
“I don't know how long we shall take to - to finish,' said Frodo. 'We were miserably delayed in the hills. But… — J.R.R. Tolkien Frodo Copy Share Image
“And suddenly first one and then another began to sing as they played, deep-throated singing of the dwarves in the deep places… — J.R.R. Tolkien Adventure Copy Share Image
“till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel. It… — J.R.R. Tolkien Epic Copy Share Image
“Revenge!” he snorted, and the light of his eyes lit the hall from floor to ceiling like scarlet lightning. “Revenge! The King… — J.R.R. Tolkien Revenge Copy Share Image
“Good Morning!” said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“But the Elves were not so lightly to be caught. As soon as Sauron set the One Ring upon his finger they… — J.R.R. Tolkien Anger and fear Copy Share Image
“For my present purpose I require a word which shall embrace both the Sub-Creative Art in itself, and a quality of strangeness… — J.R.R. Tolkien Difficult task Copy Share Image
“What do you mean?" he said. "Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“And it came to pass that in the hour of defeat Aragorn came up from the sea and unfurled the standard of… — J.R.R. Tolkien Failure Copy Share Image
“Gandalf!' cried Frodo, sitting up. There was the old wizard, sitting in a chair by an open window. 'Yes,' he said, 'I… — J.R.R. Tolkien Fellowship of the ring Copy Share Image
“Slowly the lights of the torches in front of Merry flicked and went out, and he was walking in a darkness; and… — J.R.R. Tolkien Battle 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.… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Yes, that's so,' said Sam. 'And we shouldn't be here at all, if we'd known more about it before we started. But… — J.R.R. Tolkien Coming home Copy Share Image
“Their faces were as a rule good-natured rather than beautiful, broad, bright-eyed, red-cheeked, with mouths apt to laughter, and to eating and… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Let me think!' said Aragorn. 'And now may I make a right choice, and change the evil fate of this unhappy day!'… — J.R.R. Tolkien Hobbit Copy Share Image
“He rose and standing in the dark he began to chant in a deep voice, while the echoes ran away into the… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“But that will leave no place for us!’ cried Pippin in dismay. ‘We don’t want to be left behind. We want to… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“It was just as the 1914 War burst on me that I made the discovery that "legends" depend on the language to… — J.R.R. Tolkien Greek mythology Copy Share Image
“Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still… — J.R.R. Tolkien Nature Copy Share Image
“wandering in the summer in the woods of Neldoreth [Beren] came upon Lúthien, daughter of Thingol and Melian, at a time of… — J.R.R. Tolkien Children Copy Share Image
“I am not going to tell you my name, not yet at any rate.' A queer half-knowing, half-humorous look came with a… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“And the others were thinking equally gloomy thoughts, although when they had said good-bye to Elrond in the high hope of a… — J.R.R. Tolkien Hope Copy Share Image
“All now took leave of the Lord of the City and went to rest while they still could. Outside there was a… — J.R.R. Tolkien Behind closed doors Copy Share Image
“Sing now, ye people of the Tower of Anor, for the Realm of Sauron is ended for ever, and the Dark Tower… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Where and what are Helm’s Deep and all the rest of it?” said Merry. “I don’t know anything about this country.” “Then… — J.R.R. Tolkien Aragorn Copy Share Image
“Hobbits!’ he thought. ‘Well, what next? I have heard of strange doings in this land, but I have seldom heard of a… — J.R.R. Tolkien Hobbit Copy Share Image
“They walked as it were in a black vapour wrought of veritable darkness itself that, as it was breathed, brought blindness not… — J.R.R. Tolkien Darkness Copy Share Image
“For you little gardener and lover of trees, I have only a small gift. Here is set G for Galadriel, but it… — J.R.R. Tolkien Garden Copy Share Image
“Now the Elves made many rings; but secretly Sauron made One Ring to rule all the others, and their power was bound… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“It is best to love first what you are fitted to love, I suppose: you must start somewhere and have some roots,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Love Copy Share Image
“then coiling his length together, roaring like thunder underground, he sped from his deep lair through its great door, out into the… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“I am not tired. I do not easily get tired. And I do not sit down. I am not very, hm, bendable.… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Behold your Music! This is your minstrelsy; and each of you shall find contained herein, amid the design that I set before… — J.R.R. Tolkien Music Copy Share Image
“Well, I suppose we must be going on again,' he said. 'I wonder how long it will be before we really are… — J.R.R. Tolkien Frodo baggins Copy Share Image
“A fox passing through the wood on business of his own stopped several minutes and sniffed. 'Hobbits!' he thought. 'Well, what next?… — J.R.R. Tolkien Anthropomorphism Copy Share Image