“Lilly-flowers nodded their half-opened heads in the grass.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Flower Copy Share Image
“even the most respectable, is wakened by gold and by jewels,” — J.R.R. Tolkien Gold Copy Share Image
“Gandalf sat at the head of the party with the thirteen dwarves all round: and Bilbo sat on a stool at the… — J.R.R. Tolkien Dwarves Copy Share Image
“I feel like spring after winter, and sun on the leaves; and like trumpets and harps and all the songs I have… — J.R.R. Tolkien Flower Copy Share Image
“Gandalf looked at him. My dear Bilbo! he said. Something is the matter with you! You are not the hobbit that you… — J.R.R. Tolkien Hobbit Copy Share Image
“What his right name is I’ve never heard: but he’s known round here as Strider.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth.” — J.R.R. Tolkien History Copy Share Image
“We should seek a final end of this menace, even if we do not hope to make one.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Inspirational Copy Share Image
“Always after a defeat and a respite, the Shadow takes another shape and grows again.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Defeat Copy Share Image
“You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off… — J.R.R. Tolkien Path Copy Share Image
“I know why you seek solitude. You suffer; I see it day by day. You sure you do not suffer needlessly? There… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Yes, perhaps, yes' said Gollum. 'Sméagol always helps, if they asks - if they asks nicely.' ''Right!' says Sam. 'I does ask.… — J.R.R. Tolkien Gollum Copy Share Image
“Less doth yearning trouble him who knoweth many songs, or with his hands can touch the harp: his possession is his gift… — J.R.R. Tolkien Desire Copy Share Image
“He paused and looked at Frodo doubtfully. ‘Have you got it here?’ he asked in a whisper. ‘I can’t help feeling curious,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, and people who will see a world that I shall never… — J.R.R. Tolkien Long ago Copy Share Image
“children were still young of inventing and telling orally, sometimes of writing down, ‘children’s stories’ for their private amusement… The Hobbit was… — J.R.R. Tolkien Children Copy Share Image
“Tolkien later lamented, "The most improper job of any man ... is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“and suddenly she began to sing. Keen, heart-piercing was her song as the song of the lark that rises from the gates… — J.R.R. Tolkien Song Copy Share Image
“You do not understand' said Pippin. 'You must go - and therefore we must too. Merry and I are coming with you.… — J.R.R. Tolkien Adventure Copy Share Image
“Only lately did I guess that Saruman was to blame, and that long ago he had been spying out all the ways,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Long ago Copy Share Image
“Middle-earth is ... not my own invention. It is a modernization or alteration ... of an old word for the inhabited world… — J.R.R. Tolkien Middle earth Copy Share Image
“So the days slipped away, as each morning dawned bright and fair, and each evening followed cool and clear. But autumn was… — J.R.R. Tolkien Every night Copy Share Image
“There was a lot more to that song,' said Sam, 'all about Mordor. I didn’t learn that part, it gave me the… — J.R.R. Tolkien Aragorn Copy Share Image
“O Gandalf, best of friends, what am I to do? For now I am really afraid. What am I to do? What… — J.R.R. Tolkien Compassion Copy Share Image
“Well here we are, just the four of us that started out together,' said Merry. 'We have left all the rest behind,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Dream Copy Share Image
“Certainly it reminds me very much of Bilbo in the last years, before he went away. He used often to say there… — J.R.R. Tolkien Business Copy Share Image
“Hill. Yes, that was it. But it is a hasty word for a thing that has stood here ever since this part… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Legolas was standing, gazing northwards into the darkness, thoughtful and silent as a young tree in a windless night.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Darkness Copy Share Image
