J.R.R. Tolkien

“Above all shadows rides the Sun and Stars for ever dwell: I will not say the Day is done, nor bid the…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“I am commanded to go to the land of Mordor, and therefore I shall go,' said Frodo. 'If there is only one…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“a sound arose of endless interchanging melodies woven in harmony that passed beyond hearing into the depths and into the heights, and…

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“Of course, it is likely enough, my friends,’ he said slowly, ‘likely enough that we are going to our doom: the last…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“There he lay, a vast red-golden dragon, fast asleep; thrumming came from his jaws and nostrils, and wisps of smoke, but his…

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“I do really wish to destroy it!' cried Frodo. 'Or, well, to have it destroyed. I am not made for perilous quests.…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Hullo!” said Merry. “So that’s what is bothering you? Now, Pippin my lad, don’t forget Gildor’s saying—the one Sam used to quote:…

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“nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with…

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“In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl. A great black shape against the fires beyond he loomed up, grown to a vast…

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“Frodo: Sam! Wood-Elves! They're going to the harbour beyond the White Towers. To the Grey Havens Sam: They're leaving Middle-earth. Frodo: Never…

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“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory.…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“As she ran her gown rustled softly like the wind in the flowering borders of a river.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“The consolation of fairy-stories, the joy of the happy ending: or more correctly of the good catastrophe, the sudden joyous “turn” (for…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“It is hard to be sure of anything among so many marvels. The world is all grown strange...How shall a man judge…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“A thousand years this city has stood, now at the whim of a madman it will fall.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were…

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“I kill where I wish and none dare resist.”

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“How shall a man judge what to do in such times?' 'As he ever has judged,' said Aragorn. 'Good and ill have…

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“Less doth yearning trouble him who knoweth many songs, or with his hands can touch the harp: his possession is his gift…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“The sound of her footsteps was like a stream falling gently downhill over cool stones in the quiet of night.”

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“I feel like spring after winter, and sun on the leaves; and like trumpets and harps and all the songs I have…

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“His love for Frodo rose above all other thoughts, and forgetting his peril he cried aloud: 'I'm coming, Mr. Frodo!' He ran…

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“But when the Ents all gathered round Treebeard, bowing their heads slightly, murmuring in their slow musical voices, and looking long and…

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“It is not possible even at great length to “pot” The Lord of the Rings in a paragraph or two … It…

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“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