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Been Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
- One writes such a story [The Lord of the Rings] not out of the leaves of trees still to be observed, nor by means of…
- I've always been impressed that we are here, surviving, because of the indomitable courage of quite small people against impossible odds.
- For some time I lived in fear of receiving a letter signed 'S. Gollum'. That would have been more difficult to deal with.
- The War is not over (and the one that is, or the part of it, has been largely lost). But it is of course wrong…
- American English is essentially English after having been wiped off with a dirty sponge.
- There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been…
- You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.
- I sit beside the fire and think of all that I have seen, of meadow-flowers and butterflies in summers that have been; Of yellow leaves…
- But I have been too deeply hurt, Sam. I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. It must…
- And Gandalf said: "This is your realm, and the heart of the greater realm that shall be. The Third Age of the world is ended,…
- We set out to save the Shire, Sam and it has been saved - but not for me.
- What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!' Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity,…
- A red sun rises. Blood has been spilled this night.
- It is wisdom to recognize necessity when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false…
- Yes, I am white now,' said Gandalf. 'Indeed I am Saruman, one might almost say, Saruman as he should have been.
- But do you remember Gandalf’s words: Even Gollum may have something yet to do? But for him, Sam, I could not have destroyed the Ring.…
- I cannot,' said Merry. 'I have never seen them. I have never been outside of my own land before. And if I had known what…
- That was Thorin's style. He was an important dwarf. If he had been allowed, he would probably have gone on like this until he was…
- And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years,…
- Pippin glanced in some wonder at the face now close beside his own, for the sound of that laugh had been gay and merry. Yet…
- I am old, Gandalf. I don't look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts. Well-preserved indeed! Why, I feel…
- Gandalf: Confound it all, Samwise Gamgee. Have you been eavesdropping? Sam: I ain't been droppin' no eaves sir, honest. I was just cutting the grass…
- His head was swimming, and he was far from certain even of the direction they had been going in when he had his fall. He…
- grows like a seed in the dark out of the leaf-mould of the mind: out of all that has been seen or thought or read,…
- Why was I chosen?' 'Such questions cannot be answered,' said Gandalf. 'You may be sure that it was not for any merit that others do…
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