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Down Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
- There was a willow hanging over the mill-pool and I learned to climb it. It belonged to a butcher on the Stratford Road, I think.…
- But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word…
- The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow,…
- Why O why did I ever leave my hobbit-hole?" said poor Mr. Baggins, bumping up and down on Bombur's back.
- To whatever end. Where is the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? They have passed like rain on the mountains.…
- Where now are the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright…
- O! Where are you going With beards all a-wagging? No knowing, no knowing What brings Mister Baggins, And Balin and Dwalin down into the valley…
- Clap! Snap! the black crack! Grip, grab! Pinch, nab! And down down to Goblin-town You go, my lad! Clash, crash! Crush, smash! Hammer and tongs!…
- This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high…
- In that hour of trial it was the love of his master that helped most to hold him firm; but also deep down in him…
- If you have ever seen a dragon in a pinch, you will realize that this was only poetical exaggeration applied to any hobbit, even to…
- Then holding the star aloft and the bright sword advanced, Frodo, hobbit of the Shire, walked steadily down to meet the eyes.
- In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy…
- Have you thought of an ending?" "Yes, several, and all are dark and unpleasant." "Oh, that won't do! Books ought to have good endings. How…
- They hammered on the outer gate and called, but there was at first no answer; and then to their surprise someone blew a horn, and…
- Then shouldering their burdens, they set off, seeking a path that would bring them over the grey hills of the Emyn Muil, and down into…
- I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and broke the mountain-side where he smote it in his ruin.
- He loved mountains, or he had loved the thought of them marching on the edge of stories brought from far away; but now he was…
- As she stood before Aragorn she paused suddenly and looked upon him, and her eyes were shining. And he looked down upon her fair face…
- He was tall as a young tree, lithe, immensely strong, able swiftly to draw a great war-bow and shoot down a Nazgûl, endowed with the…
- Among the tales of sorrow and of ruin that came down to us from the darkness of those days there are yet some in which…
- He did not go much further, but sat down on the cold floor and gave himself up to complete miserableness, for a long while. He…
- When he heard there was nothing to eat, he sat down and wept… “Why did I ever wake up!” he cried.
- Books ought to have good endings.How would this do: and they all settled down and lived together happily ever after?
- If only that dratted wizard would leave young Frodo alone, perhaps he'll settle down and grow some hobbit-sense,' they said. And to all appearance the…
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