“When my father was a young man, during the years of the First World War and long before there was any inkling… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“And Iluvatar spoke to Ulmo, and said: 'Seest thou not how here in this little realm in the Deeps of Time Melkor… — 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
“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Andúril! Andúril goes to war. The Blade that was Broken shines again!’ Dismayed” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“The news today about "Atomic bombs" is so horrifying one is stunned. The utter folly of these lunatic physicists to consent to… — 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
“Well the first War of the Machines seems to be drawing to its final inconclusive chapter - leaving, alas, everyone the poorer,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“It was just as the 1914 War burst on me that I made the discovery that "legends" depend on the language to… — 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
“An ultimately evil job. For we are attempting to conquer Sauron with the Ring. And we shall (it seems) succeed. But the… — 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
“All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Gandalf did not move. And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the City, a cock crowed. Shrill and… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“If I am to understand that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I regret… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“King! Did you hear that? What did I say? The hands of a healer, I said.’ And soon the word had gone… — 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
“Victory after all, I suppose!.....Well, it seems a very gloomy business.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“It was Sam's first view of a battle of Men against Men and he did not like it much. He was glad… — 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
“And she answered: ‘All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“And in that very moment, away behind in some far corner of the city, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“In my story Sauron represents as near an approach to the wholly evil will as is possible. He had gone the way… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“He charged the ranks of the goblins of Mount Gram in the Battle of the Green Fields, and knocked their king Golfimbul's… — 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
