--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: The eyes were hollow and the carven head…" description: "\"The eyes were hollow and the carven head was broken, but about the high, stern forehead there was a coronal of silver and gold. A trailing plant with f..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/anonymous-1_broken_the-eyes-were-hollow-and-the-carven-head_2596003.jpg" --- # The eyes were hollow and the carven head was broken, but… ![“The eyes were hollow and the carven head was broken, but about the high, stern forehead there was a coronal of silver and gold. A trailing plant with flowers like white stars had bound itself across the brows as if in reverence for the fallen king, and in the crevices of his stony hair yellow…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/anonymous-1_broken_the-eyes-were-hollow-and-the-carven-head_2596003.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/anonymous-1_broken_the-eyes-were-hollow-and-the-carven-head_2596003.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/anonymous-1_broken_the-eyes-were-hollow-and-the-carven-head_2596003.jpg) > “The eyes were hollow and the carven head was broken, but about the high, stern forehead there was a coronal of silver and gold. A trailing plant with flowers like white stars had bound itself across the brows as if in reverence for the fallen king, and in the crevices of his stony hair yellow stonecrop gleamed. "They cannot conquer for ever!" said Frodo.” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The fallen king’s ornate crown and reverent flora symbolize enduring honor despite defeat. **In simple terms:** Even fallen, honor persists. Key Takeaway Respect legacy beyond success. Themes honor legacy remembrance Mood poetic reflective Type literary mythic When to use this quote - storytelling - memorials - leadership Key Concepts mythology symbolism Questions to Reflect On - What does the crown represent? - How does reverence affect grief? A Different Perspective Symbols can romanticize failure. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Flower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flower/) [Frodo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/frodo/) [Gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gold/) [Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hair/) [Kings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kings/) [Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/plant/) [Reverence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reverence/) [Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/silver/) [Stars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stars/) [Yellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/yellow/) ## Related quotes > [In my head there's a broken balcony I fall off of when I speak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-hempel/in-my-head-there-s-a-broken-balcony-i-fall-off-of-when-i-speak/) [Amy Hempel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-hempel/) > [Well, you have now, Sam, dear Sam,’ said Frodo, and he lay back in Sam’s gentle arms, closing his eyes, like a child at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/well-you-have-now-sam-dear-sam-said-frodo-and-he-lay-back-in-sam-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Well, Frodo, now at last we understand one another,’ said Faramir. ‘If you took this thing on yourself, unwilling, at others’ asking, then you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/well-frodo-now-at-last-we-understand-one-another-said-faramir-if-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“I wish it need not have happened in my time,’ said Frodo. ‘So do I,’ said Gandalf, ‘and so do all who live to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-wish-it-need-not-have-happened-in-my-time-said-frodo-so-do-i-said/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [It would be the death of you to come with me, Sam," said Frodo, "and I could not have borne that." "Not as certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-would-be-the-death-of-you-to-come-with-me-sam-said-frodo-and-i/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Are you in pain, Frodo?' said Gandalf quietly as he rode by Frodo's side. 'Well, yes I am,' said Frodo. 'It is my shoulder.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/are-you-in-pain-frodo-said-gandalf-quietly-as-he-rode-by-frodo-s-side/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Don't the great tales never end?" "No, they never end as tales," said Frodo. "But the people in them come, and go when their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/don-t-the-great-tales-never-end-no-they-never-end-as-tales-said-frodo/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [But it does not seem that I can trust anyone,' said Frodo. Sam looked at him unhappily. 'It all depends on what you want,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/but-it-does-not-seem-that-i-can-trust-anyone-said-frodo-sam-looked-at/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [A full moon is poison to some; they shut it out at every crevice, and do not suffer a ray to cross them; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-full-moon-is-poison-to-some-they-shut-it-out-at-every-crevice-and/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“You'll live to regret it, young fellow! Why didn't you go too? You don't belong here; you're no Baggins—you—you're a Brandybuck!' 'Did you hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/you-ll-live-to-regret-it-young-fellow-why-didn-t-you-go-too-you-don-t/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [“Alas! there are some wounds that cannot be wholly cured," said Gandalf. "I fear it may be so with mine," said Frodo. "There is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien/alas-there-are-some-wounds-that-cannot-be-wholly-cured-said-gandalf-i/) [J.R.R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien/) > [“I wonder,' said Frodo. 'It's my doom, I think, to go to that Shadow yonder, so that a way will be found. But will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien/i-wonder-said-frodo-it-s-my-doom-i-think-to-go-to-that-shadow-yonder/) [J.R.R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien/) > [“I felt that something horrible was near from the moment that my foot first touched the water,' said Frodo. 'What was that thing, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien/i-felt-that-something-horrible-was-near-from-the-moment-that-my-foot/) [J.R.R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien/) > [“How would this do: and they all settled down and lived together happily ever after?' 'It will do well, if it ever comes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien/how-would-this-do-and-they-all-settled-down-and-lived-together/) [J.R.R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien/) > [“The morning came, pale and clammy. Frodo woke up first, and found that a tree-root had made a hole in his back, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien/the-morning-came-pale-and-clammy-frodo-woke-up-first-and-found-that-a/) [J.R.R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien/) ## More by Anonymous > [And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-a-tear-rolled-down-her-cheek-as-she-said-goodbye-because-she-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ll-seldom-experience-regret-for-anything-that-you-ve-done-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scrabble-the-game-is-available-in-braille-that-s-a-nice-fact-this/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write,    To thank the God of nature, who conveyed    My soul to me, and with such care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-tale-of-my-sore-troubled-life-i-write-to-thank-the-god-of-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/put-on-my-j-s-and-dance-the-whole-night-away-im-naughty-by-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/me-i-have-been-through-a-lot-but-i-still-manage-to-have-a-smile-on-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-a-test-of-love-many-will-fail-for-those-who-can-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im sorry I ever tried...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-sorry-i-ever-tried/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-betrayed-by-the-one-you-love-is-the-worst-feeling-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-person-i-ve-ever-purposely-caused-pain-here-is-myself-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Start a business, not a startup”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/start-a-business-not-a-startup/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-of-course-that-the-curtness-of-the-ten-commandments-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Explore all 162,899 Anonymous quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More Broken quotes > [Broken by hardships, disappointments and tragedy, people can become discouraged and cynical. But lives can also be mended. Put back together well, they won't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-goodier/broken-by-hardships-disappointments-and-tragedy-people-can-become/) [Steve Goodier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-goodier/) > [You don't want to fix things that aren't broken, so that kind of stops you from make changes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-weidman/you-don-t-want-to-fix-things-that-aren-t-broken-so-that-kind-of-stops/) [Chris Weidman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-weidman/) > [How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/how-else-but-through-a-broken-heart-may-lord-christ-enter-in/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [The worst advice? 'Don't listen to the critics.' I think that you really ought to listen to the critics, because sometimes they're telling you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-worst-advice-don-t-listen-to-the-critics-i-think-that-you-really/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [Marriage is a desperate thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-selden/marriage-is-a-desperate-thing/) [John Selden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-selden/) > [The child who ran weeping to you with a cut finger is now brought home, smiling gamely, with a broken collarbone and incredible contusions-…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-brown/the-child-who-ran-weeping-to-you-with-a-cut-finger-is-now-brought/) [Pam Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-brown/) > [There is no pain like the first time you get your heart broken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ne-yo/there-is-no-pain-like-the-first-time-you-get-your-heart-broken/) [Ne-Yo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ne-yo/) > [Broken china lasts longer than unbroken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-renard/broken-china-lasts-longer-than-unbroken/) [Jules Renard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-renard/) > [My life was incoherent to me. I felt it quivering, spitting out broken teeth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-fox/my-life-was-incoherent-to-me-i-felt-it-quivering-spitting-out-broken/) [Paula Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-fox/) > [Don't fix what's not broken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-atkins/don-t-fix-what-s-not-broken/) [Robert Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-atkins/) > [“ving self and others is an every second of every day of every week, of every month, of every year gift that should not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanjo-jendayi/ving-self-and-others-is-an-every-second-of-every-day-of-every-week-of/) [Sanjo Jendayi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanjo-jendayi/) > [Your head's like mine, like all our heads; big enough to contain every god and devil there ever was. Big enough to hold the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/your-head-s-like-mine-like-all-our-heads-big-enough-to-contain-every/) [Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/) > [Rome, believe me, my friend, is like its own Monte Testaceo, Merelya marvellous mass of broken and castaway wine-pots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-hugh-clough/rome-believe-me-my-friend-is-like-its-own-monte-testaceo-merelya/) [Arthur Hugh Clough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-hugh-clough/) > [Its funny how someone breaks your heart but you still love them with all those broken pieces..!!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/its-funny-how-someone-breaks-your-heart-but-you-still-love-them-with/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [When we don't get what we want, there's a legitimate grieving, and then the spiritual journey truly begins, because not getting what we want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-nepo/when-we-don-t-get-what-we-want-there-s-a-legitimate-grieving-and-then/) [Mark Nepo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-nepo/) Browse all 5,851 Broken quotes ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The eyes were hollow and the carven head was broken, but about the high, stern forehead there was a coronal of silver and gold. A trailing plant with flowers like white stars had bound itself across the brows as if in reverence for the fallen king, and in the crevices of his stony hair yellow stonecrop gleamed. \"They cannot conquer for ever!\" said Frodo.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-eyes-were-hollow-and-the-carven-head-was-broken-but-about-the/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Broken" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-eyes-were-hollow-and-the-carven-head-was-broken-but-about-the/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/anonymous-1_broken_the-eyes-were-hollow-and-the-carven-head_2596003.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/anonymous-1_broken_the-eyes-were-hollow-and-the-carven-head_2596003.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/anonymous-1_broken_the-eyes-were-hollow-and-the-carven-head_2596003.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The eyes were hollow and the carven head was broken, but about the high, stern forehead there was a coronal…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Anonymous", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "The eyes were hollow and the...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-eyes-were-hollow-and-the-carven-head-was-broken-but-about-the/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-eyes-were-hollow-and-the-carven-head-was-broken-but-about-the/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```