J.R.R. Tolkien

“Rally to me! To me!”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“You cannot pass!”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“I am at home among trees.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Hail the victorious dead!”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Even darkness must pass.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“One ring to rule them all.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“There is still hope.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Thag you mery buch.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Elves are wondrous fair to look upon.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“The Sea has no shore. There is no Light in the West.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Wise men speak only of what they know”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“All stories are ultimately about the fall.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“The Lord of the Ringwraiths had met his doom.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“No hill was so tall that it stayed my tread.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“I pity snails, and all that carry their homes on their backs.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Boromir was a valiant member of our Company,' said Frodo at length. 'Yes, I was his friend, for my part”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Never leave your master, never, never: that was my right rule. And I knew it in my heart. May I be forgiven!”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“There is a seed of courage hidden (often deeply, it is true) in the heart of the fattest and most timid hobbit.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending!” said Bilbo, and he turned his back on his adventure.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Alas for us all! And for all that walk the world in these after-days. For such is the way of it: to…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“They say that you breathe so loud that they could shoot you in the dark.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“She shone in beauty upon the shore; Long did my glance on her alight, and the longer I looked I knew her…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“A tree there towere Tall and branching That house upholding The hall's wonder Its leaves their hangings Its limbs rafters Its mighty…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“There is a seed of courage hidden (often deeply, it is true) in the heart of the fattest and most timid hobbit,…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“I have chosen Mr Baggins and that ought to be enough for all of you. If I say he is a Burglar,…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Elves and Dragons! Cabbages and potatoes are better for me and you. Don't go getting mixed up in the business of your…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“As they sang the hobbit felt in love of beautiful things made by hands and by cunning and by magic moving through…

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“If the elf-king had a weakness it was for treasure, especially for silver and white gems; and though his hoard was rich,…

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“Let go! Gollum,' he said. 'This is Sting. You have seen it before once upon a time. Let go, or you'll feel…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Then Ilúvatar spoke, and he said: ‘Mighty are the Ainur, and mightiest among them is Melkor; but that he may know, and…

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“Where are you going, Master?' cried Sam, though at last he understood what was happening. 'To the Havens, Sam,' said Frodo. 'And…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Ecthelion must be similarly from Aegthelion. Latter element is a derivative of √stel 'remain firm'. The form with prefix ' sundóma '…

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“You cannot pass,’ he said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. ‘I am a servant of the Secret Fire,…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“It was staggering. They roared and boomed and trumpeted, until stones began to crack and fall at the mere noise of them.…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“No, I don't think any harm of old Butterbur. Only he does not altogether like mysterious vagabonds of my sort.' Frodo gave…

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“When evening in the Shire was grey his footsteps on the Hill were heard; before the dawn he went away on journey…

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“When the glamour wears off, or merely works a bit thin, they think they have made a mistake, and that the real…

— J.R.R. Tolkien