“True courage is knowing not when to take a life, but to save one.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Ask not the elves for advice, because they will tell you both 'yes' and 'no'.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“But have a care! It is a bitter blade, and steel serves only those that can wield it. It will cut your… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Thus came Aragorn son of Arathorn, Elessar, Isildur's heir, out of the Paths of the Dead, borne upon a wind from the… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“And so they stood on the walls of the City of Gondor, and a great wind rose and blew, and their hair,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“But of bliss and glad life there is little to be said, before it ends; as works fair and wonderful, while they… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the City, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed, recking… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“It was an irresistible development of modern illustration (so largely photographic) that borders should be abandoned and the "picture" end only with… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Although now long estranged, Man is not wholly lost nor wholly changed. Dis-graced he may be, yet is not de-throned, and keeps… — 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
“Why should a man be scorned, if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if, when… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Not long ago-incredible though it may seem-I heard a clerk of Oxford declare that he 'welcomed' the proximity of mass-production robot factories,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“A man inherited a field in which was an accumulation of old stone, part of an older hall. Of the old stone… — 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… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“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… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“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… — 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 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… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“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
