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Upon Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament....There…
- All my own perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded upon Our Lady.
- 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…
- A criminal who, having renounced reason ... hath, by the unjust violence and slaughter he hath committed upon one, declared war against all mankind, and…
- The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may…
- Farewell, and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you. May the stars shine upon your faces!
- If thou hadst thy will what wouldst thou reserve?" said Manwe. "Of all thy realm what dost thou hold dearest?" All have their worth," said…
- And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls…
- Gandalf! I thought you were dead! But then I thought I was dead myself. Is everything sad going to come untrue? What's happened to the…
- Stand by the grey stone when the thrush knocks, and the setting sun with the last light of Durin’s Day will shine upon the key-hole.
- But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin.…
- 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;…
- Then Morgoth stretching out his long arm towards Dor-lomin cursed Hurin and Morwen and their offspring, saying: 'Behold! The shadow of my thought shall lie…
- No onslaught more fierce was ever seen in the savage world of beasts, where some desperate small creature armed with little teeth, alone, will spring…
- No, my heart will not yet despair. Gandalf fell and has returned and is with us. We may stand, if only on one leg, or…
- 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…
- And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
- It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords can still die upon them.
- Then Frodo came forward and took the crown from Faramir and bore it to Gandalf; and Aragorn knelt, and Gandalf set the White Crown upon…
- My friend, you had horses, and deed of arms, and the free fields; but she, being born in the body of a maid, had a…
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- The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar… — Hannah Arendt
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- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind. — Neil Armstrong
- Truth sits upon the lips of dying men. — Matthew Arnold
- Once upon a time, novelists of the 19th century, such as Charles Dickens, published in serial form. — Margaret Atwood