“Now the Children of Ilúvatar are Elves and Men, the Firstborn and the Followers.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“The first of Sam and Rosie’s children was born on the twenty-fifth of March, a date that Sam noted.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Halflings! But they are only a little people in old songs and children’s tales out of the North. Do we walk in… — J.R.R. Tolkien 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 Copy Share Image
“Child of the kindly West, I have come to know, if more of us valued your ways - food and cheer above… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“As a lord was held for the strength of his body and stoutness of heart. Much lore he learned, and loved wisdom… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“If we use child in a good sense (it has also legitimately a bad one) we must not allow that to push… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Among those who still have enough wisdom not to think fairy-stories are pernicious, the common opinion seems to be that there is… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“But of Olórin that tale does not speak; for though he loved the Elves, he walked among them unseen, or in form… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“That Tolkien also included in Roverandom words such as paraphernalia, and phosphorescent, primordial, and rigmarole, is refreshing in these later days when… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“And they saw with amazement the coming of the Children of Ilúvatar, and the habitation that was prepared for them; and they… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“The appalling destruction and misery of this war mount hourly: destruction of what should be (indeed it is) the common wealth of… — J.R.R. Tolkien 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 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 Copy Share Image
“But the Queen Arwen said: 'A gift I will give you. For I am the daughter of Elrond. I shall not go… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“It is usually assumed that children are the natural or the specially appropriate audience for fairy-stories. In describing a fairy-story which they… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Children are capable, of course, of literary belief , when the story-maker's art is good enough to produce it. That state of… — J.R.R. Tolkien 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. He has passed through more battles and perils than you have, Ingold, though you be twice his height; and he comes now from the storming of Isengard, of which we bear tidings, and great weariness is on him,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“I have chosen Mr Baggins and that ought to be enough for all of you. If I say he is a Burglar, a Burglar… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“he can see through a brick wall in time (as they say in Bree). But” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“The consolation of fairy-stories, the joy of the happy ending; or more correctly of the good catastrophe, the sudden joyous "turn" (for there is no true end to any fairy-tale): this joy, which is one of the things which fairy-stories can produce supremely well, is not essentially "escapist," nor "fugitive." In its fairy-tale -- or otherworld -- setting, it is… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“Sméagol won't grub for roots and carrotses and - taters. What's taters, precious, eh, what's taters?' 'Po-ta-toes,' said Sam. 'The Gaffer's delight, and rare good ballast for an empty belly. But you won't find any, so you needn't look. But be good Sméagol and fetch me some herbs, and I'll think better of you. What's more, if you turn over… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“But the Queen Arwen said: 'A gift I will give you. For I am the daughter of Elrond. I shall not go with him… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“If you lived near the edge of Mirkwood, you would take the word of no one that you did not know as well as… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“He was dark-haired as his mother, and promised to be like her in mood also; for he was not merry, and spoke little, though he learned to speak early and ever seemed older than his years. Túrin was slow to forget injustice or mockery; but the fire of his father was also in him, and he could be sudden and… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“Sam: Mordor. The one place in Middle-earth we don't want to see any closer, and the one place we're trying to get to. It's… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“May your beer be laid under an enchantment of surpassing excellence for seven years!” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Though sword shall be rusted, And throne and crown perish With strength that men trusted And wealth that they cherish, Here grass is still… — J.R.R. Tolkien 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 evening under moonrise, as she danced upon the unfading grass in the glades beside Esgalduin. Then all memory of his pain departed from him, and he fell into an enchantment…” quote by J.R.R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6f3/j-r-r-tolkien-204_children_wandering-in-the-summer-in-the-woods-of_1015512.jpg)
