“[T]here were two musics progressing at one time before the seat of Ilúvatar, and they were utterly at variance. The one was… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!" Then Merry heard in all sounds of the hour the strangest. It… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“The doom of the Elves is to be immortal, to love the beauty of the world, to bring it to full flower… — 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
“Literature shrivels in a universal language, and an uprooted language rots before it dies. And it should be possible to lift the… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“The king was silent. "Ents!" he said at length. "Out of the shadows of legend I begin a little to understand the… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Romance is a sudden and miraculous grace: never to be counted on to recur. It does not deny the existence of eucatastrophe,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“True courage is knowing not when to take a life, but to save one.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“But to this Orc-work such a life as we lead has brought us. Lawless and fruitless all our deeds have been, serving… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Then out of the blackness in his mind he thought that he heard Dernhelm speaking; yet now the voice seemed strange, recalling… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“These are indeed strange days,’ he (Éomer) muttered. ‘Dreams and legends spring to life out of the grass.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to… — 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
“Roads Go Ever On Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Now at any rate he is as bad as an Orc, and just an enemy. He deserves death.’ ‘Deserves it! I daresay… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“I sit beside the fire and think Of all that I have seen Of meadow flowers and butterflies In summers that have… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Then Eomer was silent, and looked on his sister, as if pondering anew all the days of their past life together. But… — 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
