For ancient king and elvish lord There many a gleaming…

“...his eyes were exactly the color of that gleaming golden-brown moss you see on stones under the clear water of running brooks.”

— Eleanor Cameron

Far over the misty mountains cold To dungeons deep and caverns old We must away, ere break of day, To claim our long-forgotten gold.

— JRR Tolkien

The bells were ringing in the dale And men looked up with faces pale; The dragon's ire more fierce than fire Laid low their…

— JRR Tolkien

The mountain smoked beneath the moon; The dwarves, they heard the tramp of doom. They fled their hall to dying fall Beneath his feet,…

— JRR Tolkien

On silver necklaces they strung The flowering stars, on crowns they hung The dragon-fire, in twisted wire They meshed the light of moon and…

— JRR Tolkien

The dwarves of yore made mighty spells, While hammers fell like ringing bells In places deep, where dark things sleep, In hollow halls beneath…

— JRR Tolkien

Goblets they carved there for themselves And harps of gold; where no man delves There lay they long, and many a song Was sung…

— JRR Tolkien

Far over the misty mountains cold To dungeons deep and caverns old We must away ere break of day To seek the pale enchanted…

— JRR Tolkien

The pines were roaring on the height, The wind was moaning in the night. The fire was red, it flaming spread; The trees like…

— JRR Tolkien

Far over the misty mountains grim To dungeons deep and caverns dim We must away, ere break of day, To win our harps and…

— JRR Tolkien

“My Precioussss! -Gollum”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“If more people valued home, above gold, this world would be a merrier place...”

— Thorin Oakenshield

“Moon-letters are rune-letters, but you cannot see them.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

...Though I have told you the truth, I may not have told you all of it…

— Bilbo Baggins

“it is horrible being all alone.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien