“How shall a man judge what to do in such times?' 'As he ever has judged,' said Aragorn. 'Good and ill have… — J.R.R. Tolkien Discernment Copy Share Image
“I know I don't look old, but I'm beginning to feel it in my heart... I need a holiday. A very long… — J.R.R. Tolkien Bilbo-baggins Copy Share Image
“I did nothing but run away from the time I was a puppy, and I kept on running and roving until one… — 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 Aftermath Copy Share Image
“But to this Orc-work such a life as we lead has brought us. Lawless and fruitless all our deeds have been, serving… — J.R.R. Tolkien Fruitless Copy Share Image
“From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Ashes Copy Share Image
“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too… — J.R.R. Tolkien Capital punishment Copy Share Image
“it bore no scent, but was an air wholly fresh and clean and young, as if it had not before been breathed… — J.R.R. Tolkien Snowy mountains Copy Share Image
“a sound arose of endless interchanging melodies woven in harmony that passed beyond hearing into the depths and into the heights, and… — J.R.R. Tolkien Music Copy Share Image
“There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were… — J.R.R. Tolkien Music Copy Share Image
“With a suddenness that startled them all the wizard sprang to his feet. He was laughing! "I have it!" he cried. "Of… — J.R.R. Tolkien Gandalf Copy Share Image
“I sit beside the fire and think Of all that I have seen Of meadow flowers and butterflies In summers that have… — J.R.R. Tolkien Life Copy Share Image
“They also keep a horned cow as proud as any queen; But music turns her head like ale, And makes her wave… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Romance is a sudden and miraculous grace: never to be counted on to recur. It does not deny the existence of eucatastrophe,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Failure Copy Share Image
“In the evening they went to say good-bye to Bilbo. 'Well, if you must go, you must,' he said. 'I am sorry.… — J.R.R. Tolkien Elvish Copy Share Image
“Galadriel his sister went not with him to Nargothrond, for in Doriath dwelt Celeborn, kinsman of Thingol, and there was great love… — J.R.R. Tolkien Galadriel Copy Share Image
“Seguid si es vuestro deber —dijo—, yo me echaré aquí a dormir y a soñar con comida, ya que no puedo tenerla… — J.R.R. Tolkien Amor Copy Share Image
“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 Adventure Copy Share Image
“the spirit of wickedness in high places is now so powerful and many-headed in its incarnations that there seems nothing more to… — J.R.R. Tolkien High places Copy Share Image
“Gil-galad was an Elven-king. Of him the harpers sadly sing: the last whose realm was fair and free between the Mountains and… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Stand by the grey stone when the thrush knocks,” read Elrond, “and the setting sun with the last light of Durin’s Day… — J.R.R. Tolkien Setting Sun Copy Share Image
“This tale grew in the telling, until it became a history of the Great War of the Ring and included many glimpses… — J.R.R. Tolkien Ancient history Copy Share Image
“Three Rings for Elven-Kings under the sky Seven for the Dwarf-Lords in their halls of stone Nine for Mortal Men doomed to… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“In many ways,' answered the wizard. 'It is far more powerful than I ever dared to think at first, so powerful that… — J.R.R. Tolkien Wizard 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 Hobbit Copy Share Image
“Frodo! Mr. Frodo, my dear!' cried Sam, tears almost blinding him. 'It's Sam, I've come!' He half lifted his master and hugged… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Already she seemed to him, as by men of later days Elves still at times are seen: present and yet remote, a… — J.R.R. Tolkien Elves Copy Share Image
“I have never been out of my own land before. And if I had known what the world outside was like, I… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“They seem a bit above my likes and dislikes, so to speak," answered Sam slowly. "It don't seem to matter what I… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“He ran to Frodo and took his left hand, awkwardly and shyly. He stroked it gently and then he blushed and turned… — J.R.R. Tolkien Hobbit Copy Share Image
“Where iss it, where iss it: my Precious, my Precious? It's ours, it is, and we wants it. The thieves, the thieves,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“They tried shooting at the squirrels, and they wasted many arrows before they managed to bring one down on the path. But… — J.R.R. Tolkien Squirrels Copy Share Image
“How would this do: and they all settled down and lived together happily ever after?' 'It will do well, if it ever… — 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 Aragorn Copy Share Image
“Chip the glasses and crack the plates! Blunt the knives and bend the forks! That’s what Bilbo Baggins hates– … — J.R.R. Tolkien Bilbo Baggins Copy Share Image
“They made for his noise far quicker than he had expected. They were frightfully angry. Quite apart from the stones no spider… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“In the waters there lives yet the echo of the Music of the Ainur more than any substance else that is in… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“The Eagles!” cried Bilbo once more, but at that moment a stone hurtling from above smote heavily on his helm, and he… — J.R.R. Tolkien Hobbit Copy Share Image
“Home is behind, the world ahead, and there are many paths to tread through shadows to the edge of night, until the… — J.R.R. Tolkien Astronomy Copy Share Image
“You have come and are here met, in this very nick of time, by chance as it may seem. Yet it is… — J.R.R. Tolkien Counsel Copy Share Image