“The light sprang up again, and there on the brink of the chasm, at the very Crack of Doom, stood Frodo, black… — J.R.R. Tolkien 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 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 Copy Share Image
“I am commanded to go to the land of Mordor, and therefore I shall go,' said Frodo. 'If there is only one… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Still we shall have to try,' said Frodo. 'It's no worse than I expected. I never hoped to get across. I can't… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Frodo: Sam! Wood-Elves! They're going to the harbour beyond the White Towers. To the Grey Havens Sam: They're leaving Middle-earth. Frodo: Never… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Bilbo Baggins was standing at his door after breakfast smoking an enormous long wooden pipe that reached nearly down to his woolly… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Hush, hush! Good People! and good night!" said Gandalf, who came last. "Valleys have ears, and some elves have over marry tongues.… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“The fourteenth of the New Year,’ said Gandalf; ‘or if you like, the eighth day of April in the Shire-reckoning. * But… — 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… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“No, I don't think any harm of old Butterbur. Only he does not altogether like mysterious vagabonds of my sort.' Frodo gave… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“I wish I had never seen the Ring! Why did it come to me? Why was I chosen?’ ‘Such questions cannot be… — J.R.R. Tolkien 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
“At last Frodo spoke with hesitation. 'I believed that you were a friend before the letter came,' he said, 'or at least… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Still that must be expected,' said Gandalf to himself. 'He is not half through yet, and to what he will come in… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“The chance never arrived, until Bilbo Baggins was grown up, being about fifty years old or so, and living in the beautiful… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“What did I tell you? Something's happening!' cried Sam. '"The war's going well," said Shagrat; but Gorbag he wasn't so sure. And… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Sam looked at his master with approval, but also with surprise: there was a look in his face and a tone in… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“In the evening they went to say good-bye to Bilbo. 'Well, if you must go, you must,' he said. 'I am sorry.… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Hush!" said Gandalf from the shadows at the back of the porch. "Evil things do not come into this valley; but all… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“This hobbit was a very well-to-do hobbit, and his name was Baggins. The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill… — J.R.R. Tolkien 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 Copy Share Image
“Slowly the lights of the torches in front of Merry flicked and went out, and he was walking in a darkness; and… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Gandalf!' cried Frodo, sitting up. There was the old wizard, sitting in a chair by an open window. 'Yes,' he said, 'I… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“You take after Bilbo,' said Gandalf. 'There is more about you than meets the eye, as I said of him long ago.'… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“He never had any real hope in the affair from the beginning;but being a cheerful hobbit he had not needed hope,as long… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Things are drawing to the end now, unless I am mistaken. There is an unpleasant time just in front of you; but… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Is there no escape then?' said Frodo, looking around wildly. 'If I move I shall be seen and hunted! If I stay,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Gandalf for certain this time,” he thought as he puffed along the passage. But it was not. It was two more dwarves,” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Frodo: Mordor. I hope the others find a safer route. Sam: Strider will look after them. Frodo: I don’t suppose we’ll ever… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“You are right, Frodo,’ said Gandalf: ‘to go back is to admit defeat, and face worse defeat to come.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Frodo has been touched by the weapons of the Enemy,' said Strider, 'and there is some poison or evil at work that… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“You are wise and fearless and fair, Lady Galadriel,' said Frodo. 'I will give you the One Ring, if you ask for… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Where is he?' said Frodo, looking round, as if he expected a masked and sinister figure to come out of a cupboard.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“That leaves you just ten minutes. You will have to run,” said Gandalf. “But—,” said Bilbo. “No time for it,” said the… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Frodo! Mr. Frodo, my dear!' cried Sam, tears almost blinding him. 'It's Sam, I've come!' He half lifted his master and hugged… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“He ran to Frodo and took his left hand, awkwardly and shyly. He stroked it gently and then he blushed and turned… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“The Eagles!” cried Bilbo once more, but at that moment a stone hurtling from above smote heavily on his helm, and he… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“At that moment there was a knock on the door, and Sam came in. He ran to Frodo and took his left… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“A great Shadow has departed," said Gandalf, and then he laughed and the sound was like music, or like water in a… — 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“May your beer be laid under an enchantment of surpassing excellence for seven years!” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“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
“Seguid si es vuestro deber —dijo—, yo me echaré aquí a dormir y a soñar con comida, ya que no puedo tenerla de otro… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“Co to mělo v kapšiškách? Nechtělo to říct, ne, milášku. Podvodníšek mrňavá. Nefér otázka. Podvádělo to první. Poruššilo to pravidla. Měli šme to žmáčknout,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share