“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
“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
“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
“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
“Or more important, I an a Christian (which can be deduced from my stories), and in fact a Roman Catholic. The latter… — J.R.R. Tolkien Catholic Copy Share Image
“What a pity Bilbo did not stab the vile creature, when he had a chance! Pity? It was Pity that stayed his… — J.R.R. Tolkien Compassion Copy Share Image
“The trees do not like strangers. They watch you. They are usually content merely to watch you, as long as daylight lasts,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Gandalf Copy Share Image
“Merry smiled. ‘Well then,’ he said, ‘if Strider will provide what is needed, I will smoke and think. I had some of… — J.R.R. Tolkien Hobbit Copy Share Image
“He led the way in under the huge branches of the trees. Old beyond guessing, they seemed. Great trailing beards of lichen… — J.R.R. Tolkien Hobbits Copy Share Image
“Hey! Come merry dol! derry dol! My darling! Light goes the weather-wind and the feathered starling. Down along under the Hill, shining… — J.R.R. Tolkien Children 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 Life Copy Share Image
“That the printer had quietly reset The Fellowship of the Ring, and that copies had been issued without proof having been read… — J.R.R. Tolkien Books 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
“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