“Of the Three Rings that the Elves had preserved unsullied no open word was ever spoken among the Wise, and few even… — J.R.R. Tolkien Elrond Copy Share Image
“At last Frodo spoke with hesitation. 'I believed that you were a friend before the letter came,' he said, 'or at least… — J.R.R. Tolkien Aragorn Copy Share Image
“Day came, and the fallow sun blinked over the lifeless ridges of Ered Lithui. Then suddenly the cry of brazen-throated trumpets was… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Indeed the mind of Ilúvatar concerning you is not known to the Valar, and he has not revealed all things that are… — J.R.R. Tolkien Doom Copy Share Image
“From that the talk turned to the great hoard itself and to the things that Thorin and Balin remembered. They wondered if… — J.R.R. Tolkien Dwarves Copy Share Image
“No, he will not!" said Frodo. "I shall not ride him, if I am to be carried off to Rivendell or anywhere… — J.R.R. Tolkien Friendship Copy Share Image
“You do not understand' said Pippin. 'You must go - and therefore we must too. Merry and I are coming with you.… — J.R.R. Tolkien Adventure Copy Share Image
“Only lately did I guess that Saruman was to blame, and that long ago he had been spying out all the ways,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Long ago Copy Share Image
“Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still… — J.R.R. Tolkien Nature Copy Share Image
“And the others were thinking equally gloomy thoughts, although when they had said good-bye to Elrond in the high hope of a… — J.R.R. Tolkien Hope Copy Share Image
“wandering in the summer in the woods of Neldoreth [Beren] came upon Lúthien, daughter of Thingol and Melian, at a time of… — J.R.R. Tolkien Children Copy Share Image
“I am not going to tell you my name, not yet at any rate.' A queer half-knowing, half-humorous look came with a… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“All now took leave of the Lord of the City and went to rest while they still could. Outside there was a… — J.R.R. Tolkien Behind closed doors 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 Greek mythology Copy Share Image
“Now the Elves made many rings; but secretly Sauron made One Ring to rule all the others, and their power was bound… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“For you little gardener and lover of trees, I have only a small gift. Here is set G for Galadriel, but it… — J.R.R. Tolkien Garden Copy Share Image
“It is best to love first what you are fitted to love, I suppose: you must start somewhere and have some roots,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Love Copy Share Image
“then coiling his length together, roaring like thunder underground, he sped from his deep lair through its great door, out into the… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Sing now, ye people of the Tower of Anor, for the Realm of Sauron is ended for ever, and the Dark Tower… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Hobbits!’ he thought. ‘Well, what next? I have heard of strange doings in this land, but I have seldom heard of a… — J.R.R. Tolkien Hobbit 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 Aragorn Copy Share Image
“They walked as it were in a black vapour wrought of veritable darkness itself that, as it was breathed, brought blindness not… — J.R.R. Tolkien Darkness Copy Share Image
“Young she was and yet not so. The braids of her dark hair were touched by no frost; her white arms and… — J.R.R. Tolkien Dark Copy Share Image
“Show me the precious Ring!' He said suddenly in the midst of the story: and Frodo, to his own astonishment, drew out… — J.R.R. Tolkien Time Copy Share Image
“Good Morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at… — J.R.R. Tolkien Bilbo-baggins Copy Share Image
“The morning came, pale and clammy. Frodo woke up first, and found that a tree-root had made a hole in his back,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Beautiful morning Copy Share Image
“As a small token only of your friendship Sauron asks this,” he said: “ that you should find this thief,” such was… — J.R.R. Tolkien Friendship Copy Share Image
“The doom of the Elves is to be immortal, to love the beauty of the world, to bring it to full flower… — J.R.R. Tolkien Beauty Copy Share Image
“Behold your Music! This is your minstrelsy; and each of you shall find contained herein, amid the design that I set before… — J.R.R. Tolkien Music Copy Share Image
“I am not tired. I do not easily get tired. And I do not sit down. I am not very, hm, bendable.… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“A fox passing through the wood on business of his own stopped several minutes and sniffed. 'Hobbits!' he thought. 'Well, what next?… — J.R.R. Tolkien Anthropomorphism Copy Share Image
“Well, I suppose we must be going on again,' he said. 'I wonder how long it will be before we really are… — J.R.R. Tolkien Frodo baggins Copy Share Image
“The others cast themselves down upon the fragrant grass, but Frodo stood awhile still lost in wonder. It seemed to him that… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Fantasy is a natural human activity. It certainly does not destroy or even insult Reason; and it does not either blunt the… — J.R.R. Tolkien Fantasy Copy Share Image
“He had many hardships and adventures before he got back. The Wild was still the Wild, and there were many other things… — J.R.R. Tolkien Adventure Copy Share Image
“He slept curled up on the hard rock more soundly than ever he had done on his feather-bed in his own little… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Aye, aye, there was all one wood once upon a time from here to the Mountains of Lune, and this was just… — J.R.R. Tolkien Time 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
“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
“The real war does not resemble the legendary war in its process or its conclusion. If it had inspired or directed the… — J.R.R. Tolkien War Copy Share Image