“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
“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
“The realm of Sauron is ended!’ said Gandalf. ‘The Ring-bearer has fulfilled his Quest.’ And” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Bilbo shut his mouth tight with a snap. “That’s right,” said Gandalf.” — 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
“Yes" Said Gandalf; "for it will be better to ride back three together than one alone. Well, here at last, dear friends,… — 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
“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
“was I chosen?’ ‘Such questions cannot be answered,’ said Gandalf. ‘You may be sure that it was not for any merit that… — 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
“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
“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
“Where and what are Helm’s Deep and all the rest of it?” said Merry. “I don’t know anything about this country.” “Then… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“And the others were thinking equally gloomy thoughts, although when they had said good-bye to Elrond in the high hope of a… — 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
“Yet also I should be sad,’ said Théoden. ‘For however the fortune of war shall go, may it not so end that… — 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
“Good Morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at… — 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.… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“But that will leave no place for us!’ cried Pippin in dismay. ‘We don’t want to be left behind. We want to… — 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
“I shall have to go. But-" and here Frodo looked hard at Sam- "if you really care about me, you will have… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Legolas watched them for awhile with a smile upon his lips, and then he turned to the others. 'The strongest must seek… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Despair, or folly?' said Gandalf. 'It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Are we riding far tonight, Gandalf?” asked Merry after a while. “I don’t know how you feel with small rag-tag dangling behind… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Good Morning!” said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl. A great black shape against the fires beyond he loomed up, grown to a vast… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Gandalf and Pippin came to Merry's room, and there they found Aragorn standing by the bed. 'Poor old Merry!' cried Pippin, and… — 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