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Fire Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Splendid! They used to go up like great lilies and snapdragons and laburnums of fire and hang in the twilight all evening!
- 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…
- All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are…
- You cannot pass," he said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. "I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the…
- Fire, fear, foes! Awake!
- out of the frying pan and into the fire
- 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…
- Escaping goblins to be caught by wolves!†he said, and it became a proverb, though we now say ‘out of the frying-pan into the fire’…
- Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Fell deeds awake, fire and slaughter! spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere the…
- The Dark Lord has Nine. But we have One, mightier than they: the White Rider. He has passed through the fire and the abyss, and…
- Shadowfax tossed his head and cried aloud, as if a trumpet had summoned him to battle. Then he sprang forward. Fire flew from his feet;…
- So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
- Ho! Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadillo! By water, wood and hill, by reed and willow, By fire, sun and moon, harken now and hear us! Come,…
- No taste of food, no feel of water, no sound of wind, no memory of tree or grass or flower, no image of moon or…
- The burned hand teaches best. After that, advice about fire goes to the heart.
- And amid all the splendours of the World, its vast halls and spaces, and its wheeling fires, Ilúvatar chose a place for their habitation in…
- But Sam turned to Bywater, and so came back up the Hill, as day was ending once more. And he went on, and there was…
- Take now this Ring,' he said; 'for thy labours and thy cares will be heavy, but in all it will support thee and defend thee…
- He raised his staff. There was a roll of thunder. The sunlight was blotted out from the eastern windows; the whole hall became suddenly dark…
- 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…
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- Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort… — James A. Baldwin
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