Goblets they carved there for themselves And harps of…

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

For ancient king and elvish lord There many a gleaming golden hoard They shaped and wrought, and light they caught To hide in gems…

— 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

“He thought much but said little.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

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

— Thorin Oakenshield

“My Precioussss! -Gollum”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“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