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Hand Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Sleep! I feel the need of it, as never I thought any dwarf could , riding is tiring work. Yet my axe is restless in…
- The burned hand teaches best.
- She lifted up her hand and from the ring that she wore there issued a great light that illuminated her alone and left all else…
- And you, Ringbearer' she said, turning to Frodo. 'I come to you last who are not last in my thoughts. For you I have prepared…
- Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and…
- 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,…
- Seek for the Sword that was broken In Imladris it dwells; There shall be counsels taken Stronger than Morgul-spells. There shall be shown a token…
- Saruman," I said, standing away from him, "only one hand at a time can weild the One, and you know that well, so do not…
- Surely you don’t disbelieve the prophecies, because you had a hand in bringing them about yourself? You don’t really suppose, do you, that all your…
- And still Meriadoc the hobbit stood there blinking through his tears, and no one spoke to him, indeed none seemed to heed him. He brushed…
- Well, you have now, Sam, dear Sam,’ said Frodo, and he lay back in Sam’s gentle arms, closing his eyes, like a child at rest…
- The burned hand teaches best. After that, advice about fire goes to the heart.
- Then, Éowyn of Rohan, I say to you that you are beautiful. In the valleys of our hills there are flowers fair and bright, and…
- For Isildur would not surrender it to Elrond and Círdan who stood by. They counselled him to cast it into the fire of Orodruin night…
- 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…
- Alas, not me, lord!" she said. "Shadow lies on me still. Look not to me for healing! I am a shieldmaiden and my hand is…
- 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…
- Cold be hand and heart and bone, and cold be sleep under stone: never more to wake on stony bed, never, till the Sun fails…
- Haldir had gone on and was now climbing to the high flet. As Frodo prepared to follow him, he laid his hand upon the tree…
- Then she fell on her knees, saying: 'I beg thee!' 'Nay, lady,' he said, and taking her by the hand he raised her. The he…
- Courage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand-—that and such hope as I bring.
- Surely you do not disbelieve the prophecies, because you had a hand in bringing them about yourself? You don't really suppose, do you, that all…
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