till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel. It was a turning-point in his career, but he did not know it. He put the ring in his pocket almost without thinking; certainly, it did not seem of any use at the moment.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Related Frodo drew the Ring out of his pocket again and looked at it. It now appeared plain and smooth, with... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Books ought to have good endings.How would this do: and they all settled down and lived together hap... J.R.R. TOLKIEN What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!' Pity? It was Pit... J.R.R. TOLKIEN What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’ ‘Pity? It was Pit... J.R.R. TOLKIEN He had just brought back a Central Asian Shepherd dog for my parents and a ring that was a gift from... JENNIFER WESTER When you enter a room, you have to kiss his ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket. (o... DON RICKLES It is no bad thing celebrating a simple life. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Though he walked and breathed, and about him living leaves and flowers were stirred by the same cool... J.R.R. TOLKIEN He put a ring in the toe of a stocking. On Christmas Eve, we opened our stockings and it was there a... KYRA SEDGWICK It was a cold morning, and he shivered a little; but he had been taught by his uncle that his prayer... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM She stood in his kitchen, watching him toy with the ring in his lip. It wasn't quite that he was bit... MELISSA MARR You take after Bilbo,' said Gandalf. 'There is more about you than meets the eye, as I said of him l... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Did he say that? What was he thinking of? How did he know to tell the trustee to sell it [his HCA st... KATHLEEN CLARK They were mistaken if they thought he did not kill her because he loved her too much. At that moment... JORGE AMADO Look, my friends!' he called. 'Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven princeling in! If it wer... J.R.R. TOLKIEN You are wise and fearless and fair, Lady Galadriel,' said Frodo. 'I will give you the One Ring, if y... J.R.R. TOLKIEN There is only one classroom in which to learn: 1. The work of God. 2. The will of God. 3. The trustw... ELISABETH ELLIOT He took my hand in his. I gasped when our skin touched and looked into his eyes in a kind of shocked... JASMINE DUBROFF But, perhaps, it's where his greatness lies. He has been the most humble servant of the Indian crick... KAPIL DEV Patch's eyes were slate black, darker than a million secrets stacked on top of each other. He droppe... BECCA FITZPATRICK Frodo gave a cry, and there he was, fallen upon his knees at the chasm's edge. But Gollum, dancing l... J.R.R. TOLKIEN It is rare to find a successful entrepreneur who did not lose a huge part or all of his investments ... SUNDAY ADELAJA Colby, his last two games of his career, he scored 25 and 26 points and that was his career high ton... JASON SPEAR It did not feel like a big hit, but the jaw is a sensitive area. He fell on the floor holding his fa... BEN GORDON Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not b... J.R.R. TOLKIEN That was probably the best match of his career. He was working that ring to perfection. It's a perfe... LOU GEARY If he had had all Peru in his pocket, he would certainly have given it to this dancer; but Gringoire... VICTOR HUGO Adam described the circumstances surrounding his eye and his hand with the same level tone he would ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER He who learns the rules of wisdom, without conforming to them in his life, is like a man who labored... MUSLIH-UDDIN SADI …in that moment, as he saw and smelled how irresistible its effect was and how with lightning spee... PATRICK SüSKIND The umpire said he went to his mouth. It was a bad call. It was a mistaken call. It's unfortunate th... PHIL GARNER His pitches had gotten up and certainly we did not want him to extend any further than he had extend... LLOYD MCCLENDON Not all that have fallen are vanquished. J.R.R. TOLKIEN The war correspondent has his stake - his life - in his own hands, and he can put it on this horse o... ROBERT CAPA His face was so ravaged, it was like looking at death itself. Except for the smooth, silvered part o... ROBIN HOBB His face was so ravaged, it was like looking at death itself. Except for the smooth, silvered part o... ROBIN HOBB The true worth of an experimenter consists in his pursuing not only what he seeks in his experiment,... CLAUDE BERNARD Frodo gave a cry, and there was, fallen upon his knees at the chasm's edge. But Gollum, dancing like... J.R.R. TOLKIEN His fastball command was a little erratic, but the command on his offspeed pitches was there, and hi... MIKE SCIOSCIA Not until he stood at the altar did he achieve a sense of being hale and furnished. It was strange, ... CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Not until he stood at the altar did he achieve a sense of being hale and furnished. It was strange, ... CHARLES TURNER The portraits people will see in the show are from a phase of Dunn's career that most of his fans do... WALT REED The portraits people will see in the show are from a phase of Dunn's career that most of his fans do... WALT REED You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES Cam reached for her left hand. Taking the signet ring between his fingers, he drew it off easily and... LISA KLEYPAS It was strictly his decision. We did his evaluation before Christmas, and he said he was thinking ab... GARY CLAUSEN He learned to live with the truth. Not to accept it, but to live with it. It was like living with an... NICOLE KRAUSS Casually, out of the view of Ronan, making sure Adam was still sleeping, Gansey dangled his hand bet... MAGGIE STIEFVATER (The time off) was probably a blessing in disguise. He got his arm rested. He got to step back and w... JEREMY SHOCKEY He didn't keep any souvenirs of the bomb. He was given little pieces of metal from the fence after t... JACK MARTIN And Clifford the same. All that talk! All that writing! All that wild struggling to push himself for... D.H. LAWRENCE But they were, all of them, deceived, for another Ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires... J.R.R. TOLKIEN It’s not mind-reading,’ she said. ‘Not even an empathy link. Just … a temporary wave of exha... RICK RIORDAN Joshua had always been able to get away with things—things for which he should never have been for... HAZEL BUTLER His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one ti... ERNEST HEMINGWAY He wasn't normally conscious of it, but there was one part of his body that was extremely sensitive,... HARUKI MURAKAMI I do not find that piety benefits a man who practises it unless he controls his tongue. Certainly, t... ALI IBN ABI TALIB The telephone was not his favorite object, and more than once he had considered getting rid of his. ... PAUL AUSTER I know most of the money that he made he didn't put in his pocket. BERNIE FEI It wasn't as though he didn't have choices. He could have expanded his career, maybe further it with... BOB FULLER Amelia groped for the ring and began tugging and twisting it. “It’s stuck again.” She sounded ... LISA KLEYPAS According to the conventions of the genre, Augustus Waters kept his sense of humor till the end, did... JOHN GREEN My Lord . . . no . . . I beg you . . .” The tip of a wand emerged from around the back of the chai... J.K. ROWLING Frodo: I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf: So do a... PHILIPPA BOYENS You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. Tonight I saw Jesus with the eyes on my face. He looks half lion and half man. But not more like a l... C. JOYBELL C. His records did better after he got out of jail then they did before he went to jail. It helped his ... CHRIS FARLEY The first one I was real close. You've got to give Henry a lot of credit. He fought it all the way d... KEENAN MCCARDELL Unfortunately for the defendant, any abuse in this case is a motive for doing what he did. It certai... ERIC PHILLIPS Harshaw had the arrogant humility of the man who has learned so much that he is aware of his own ign... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Harshaw had the arrogant humility of the man who has learned so much that he is aware of his own ign... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Duran is a mythological figure in Latin America. He grew up in a time of turbulence because Panama w... EDGAR RAMIREZ It's tough in the Hip Hop industry to continue to create, because the powers that be want a throw aw... DAZ DILLINGER Her recoil confirmed the disgust Grant felt inside. Who was he kidding, trying to put Vladimir and A... JENNIFER LANE He did not go to his mouth. He was sweating profusely on his face. He wiped his eyebrow across his n... PHIL GARNER Almost certainly God is not in time. His life does not consist of moments one following another...Te... C.S. LEWIS Jesus went to the cross for sins He didn't commit. Hello! You can carry a grudge just thinking a... MONICA JOHNSON He was welcome everywhere he went, and was well-aware of his inability to tolerate solitude. He felt... STEFAN ZWEIG what he sought was always something lying ahead, and even if it was a matter of the past it was a pa... ITALO CALVINO Instantly, Harry felt a jerk somewhere behind his navel. His feet had left the ground. He could not ... J.K. ROWLING He made a mistake by going into the ring, but it was his nephew, and this hooligan (Judah) -- that's... BOB ARUM And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, ... BIBLE I thought he played pretty well; he did a lot of things we asked him to do. No. 1, he had a lot of p... TIM LAPPANO Lincoln's stepmother probably did not teach him very much, but she kindled his mind and encouraged h... SOURCE UNKNOWN She parted her lips as though she were going to scold him, but, after a moment of sitting with her m... KELSEY BRICKL Her gaze dropped to the right side of his mouth, to the corner of his lip that was permanently pulle... ELIZABETH HOYT There is only one Lord of the Ring, only one who can bend it to his will. And he does not share powe... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Hermione had taken his hand again and was gripping it tightly. He could not look at her, but returne... J.K. ROWLING He didn't. You know, he said he was being provocative. He has a background in philosophy and the ide... JAKE TAPPER Savannah handed the glass to Gregori, her eyes anxious. Gary touched his neck. He felt a little dizz... CHRISTINE FEEHAN But of that day and hour no one knows neither the angels in heaven nor the Son but only the Father.�... JOHN OWEN I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me tha... JAMES M. BARRIE I know not, sir whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not it seems to me that ... JAMES M. BARRIE I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not it seems to me that... JAMES M. BARRIE I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not it seems to me that... JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At on... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Where d'ye think he is now?" Jenny said suddenly. "Ian, I mean." He glanced at the house, then ... DIANA GABALDON To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you r... MANDY HALE You get into serious trouble when - during a heated exchange - the mind starts to ask questions abou... FLOYD PATTERSON It was almost a theatrical moment. I'll never understand why he did that. He gave his gesture, and I... PETER SMITH
More J.R.R. Tolkien
If most of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. J.R.R. TOLKIEN It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear... J.R.R. TOLKIEN There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Far over the misty mountains cold To dungeons deep and caverns old We must away ere break ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN And in that very moment, away behind in some far corner of the city, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear... J.R.R. TOLKIEN It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Never laugh at live dragons. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Roads Go Ever On Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves wher... J.R.R. TOLKIEN I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do a... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Not all those who wander are lost. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consi... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I go To heal my heart and drown my woe Rain may fall, and wind m... J.R.R. TOLKIEN There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for. J.R.R. TOLKIEN If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars. J.R.R. TOLKIEN May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out. J.R.R. TOLKIEN It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN But I have been too deeply hurt, Sam. I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN I sit beside the fire and think Of all that I have seen Of meadow flowers and butterflies... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate And though I oft have p... J.R.R. TOLKIEN The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much tha... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can yo... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as wel... J.R.R. TOLKIEN The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far u... J.R.R. TOLKIEN From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall... J.R.R. TOLKIEN My dear Frodo!’ exclaimed Gandalf. ‘Hobbits really are amazing creatures, as I have said before.... J.R.R. TOLKIEN So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is w... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Fly you fools J.R.R. TOLKIEN Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you've done since you l... J.R.R. TOLKIEN For even the very wise cannot see all ends. J.R.R. TOLKIEN But it does not seem that I can trust anyone,' said Frodo. Sam looked at him unhappily. 'It all... J.R.R. TOLKIEN You cannot pass," he said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. "I am a servant of the Sec... J.R.R. TOLKIEN It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. J.R.R. TOLKIEN I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN If by my life or death I can protect you, I will. J.R.R. TOLKIEN He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom. J.R.R. TOLKIEN The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Short cuts make long delays. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not b... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. J.R.R. TOLKIEN The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has... J.R.R. TOLKIEN All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. J.R.R. TOLKIEN It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Courage is found in unlikely places. J.R.R. TOLKIEN I desired dragons with a profound desire. Of course, I in my timid body did not wish to have them in... J.R.R. TOLKIEN So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings. J.R.R. TOLKIEN I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil. J.R.R. TOLKIEN It is said by the Eldar that in water there lives yet the echo of the Music of the Ainur more than i... J.R.R. TOLKIEN “Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. J.R.R. TOLKIEN May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Handsome is as handsome does J.R.R. TOLKIEN The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you... J.R.R. TOLKIEN It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN But I am the real Strider, fortunately. I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN After some time he felt for his pipe. It was not broken, and that was something. Then he felt for hi... J.R.R. TOLKIEN It's the deep breath before the plunge. J.R.R. TOLKIEN How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to und... J.R.R. TOLKIEN I have found that it is the small everyday deed of ordinary folks that keep the darkness at bay. Sma... J.R.R. TOLKIEN The only thing that we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going. Beca... J.R.R. TOLKIEN All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others. J.R.R. TOLKIEN He loved mountains, or he had loved the thought of them marching on the edge of stories brought from... J.R.R. TOLKIEN I perceived or thought of the Light of God and in it suspended one small mote (or millions of motes ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Have you thought of an ending?" "Yes, several, and all are dark and unpleasant." "Oh, that... J.R.R. TOLKIEN For you little gardener and lover of trees, I have only a small gift. Here is set G for Galadriel, b... J.R.R. TOLKIEN It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish. J.R.R. TOLKIEN End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take. J.R.R. TOLKIEN There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them. J.R.R. TOLKIEN War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love t... J.R.R. TOLKIEN All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is stro... J.R.R. TOLKIEN All that is gold does not glitter; not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does no... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Deep roots are not reached by the frost. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that y... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in halls of stone, J.R.R. TOLKIEN The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards. J.R.R. TOLKIEN What do you fear, lady?' he asked. 'A cage,' she said. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Good Morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But G... J.R.R. TOLKIEN And yet, Eomer, I say to you that she loves you more truly than me, for you she loves and knows; but... J.R.R. TOLKIEN There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Many are the strange chances of the world,' said Mithrandir, 'and help oft shall come from the hands... J.R.R. TOLKIEN But you speak of Master Gandalf, as if he was in a story that had come to an end.' 'Yes... J.R.R. TOLKIEN It's a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN He who breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Are we riding far tonight, Gandalf?” asked Merry after a while. “I don’t know how you feel wit... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Home is behind, the world ahead, and there are many paths to tread through shadows to ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or j... J.R.R. TOLKIEN The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it's no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won't come. J.R.R. TOLKIEN I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge. J.R.R. TOLKIEN All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does no... J.R.R. TOLKIEN All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost. J.R.R. TOLKIEN The burned hand teaches best. J.R.R. TOLKIEN What do you mean? Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it... J.R.R. TOLKIEN No diré no lloréis, pues no todas las lágrimas son amargas. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Tres Anillos para los Reyes Elfos bajo el cielo. Siete para los Señores Enanos en palacios de piedr... J.R.R. TOLKIEN He thought much but said little. J.R.R. TOLKIEN This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altoget... J.R.R. TOLKIEN That was the most awkward Wednesday he ever remembered. J.R.R. TOLKIEN The King beneath the mountains, The King of carven stone, The lord of silver fountains J.R.R. TOLKIEN You may not like my burglar, but please don't damage him. J.R.R. TOLKIEN A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid. J.R.R. TOLKIEN A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail nev... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Farewell! O Gandalf! May you ever appear where you are most needed and least expected! J.R.R. TOLKIEN I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air... J.R.R. TOLKIEN This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; J.R.R. TOLKIEN There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, a... J.R.R. TOLKIEN In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN May the hair on your toes never fall out! J.R.R. TOLKIEN You have nice manners for a thief and a liar," said the dragon. J.R.R. TOLKIEN The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places. J.R.R. TOLKIEN And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN All's well that ends better. J.R.R. TOLKIEN True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs. J.R.R. TOLKIEN those who will defend authority against rebellion must not themselves rebel. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Death is their fate, the gift of Ilъvatar, which as Time wears even the Powers shall envy. J.R.R. TOLKIEN There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for. J.R.R. TOLKIEN I would venture to say that approaching the Christian Story from this direction, it has long been my... J.R.R. TOLKIEN I am a Christian…so that I do not expect ‘history’ to be anything but a ‘long defeat’ — ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN As the hound follows the hare, never ceasing in its running, ever drawing nearer in the chase, with ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Faithfulness in Christian marriage entails that: great mortification. For a Christian man there is n... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Is there any pleasure on earth as great as the circle of Christian friends by a good fire? J.R.R. TOLKIEN I am a Christian and of course what I write will be from that essential viewpoint. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Fantasy remains a human right: we make in our measure and in our derivative mode, because we are mad... J.R.R. TOLKIEN The Resurrection was the greatest ‘eucatastrophe’ possible in the greatest Fairy Story — and p... J.R.R. TOLKIEN He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange vis... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool! J.R.R. TOLKIEN In one thing you have not changed, dear friend," said Aragorn: "you still speak in riddles." "W... J.R.R. TOLKIEN And what would you do, if an uninvited dwarf came and hung his things up in your hall without a word... J.R.R. TOLKIEN I don’t like anything here at all.” said Frodo, “step or stone, breath or bone. Earth, air and... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Where there's life there's hope. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Touching your cap to the squire may be damn bad for the squire, but it's damn good for you. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Come, Mr. Frodo!' he cried. 'I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Farewell," they cried, "Wherever you fare till your eyries receive you at the journey's end!" That i... J.R.R. TOLKIEN The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and dange... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Where now are the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm an... J.R.R. TOLKIEN PIPPIN: I didn't think it would end this way. GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn't end h... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Frodo gave a cry, and there was, fallen upon his knees at the chasm's edge. But Gollum, dancing like... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Now is the hour come, Riders of the Mark, sons of Eorl! Foes and fires are before you, and your home... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark. J.R.R. TOLKIEN All my own perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded upon Our Lady. J.R.R. TOLKIEN In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure. J.R.R. TOLKIEN The way is shut. Then they halted and looked at him and saw that he lived still; but he did not... J.R.R. TOLKIEN I don’t know,’ said Frodo. ‘It came to me then, as if I was making it up; but I may have heard... J.R.R. TOLKIEN He drew a deep breath. 'Well, I'm back,' he said. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Fear nothing! Have peace until the morning! Heed no nightly noises! J.R.R. TOLKIEN Over the field rang his clear voice calling: ‘Death! Ride, ride to ruin and the world’s ending! J.R.R. TOLKIEN his old life lay behind in the mists, dark adventure lay in front. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Why, Sam,” he said, “to hear you somehow makes me as merry as if the story was already writ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Cold be hand and heart and bone, and cold be sleep under stone: never more to wake on ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Yet at the last Beren was slain by the Wolf that came from the gates of Angband, and he died in the ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew: Of wind I sang, a wind ther... J.R.R. TOLKIEN It was Sam's first view of a battle of Men against Men, and he did not like it much. He was glad tha... J.R.R. TOLKIEN The Dark Lord has Nine. But we have One, mightier than they: the White Rider. He has passed through ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or conte... J.R.R. TOLKIEN There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star... J.R.R. TOLKIEN The consolation of fairy-stories, the joy of the happy ending: or more correctly of the good catastr... J.R.R. TOLKIEN If I am to understand that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a smal... J.R.R. TOLKIEN And Iluvatar spoke to Ulmo, and said: 'Seest thou not how here in this little realm in the Deeps of ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN A divine 'punishment’ is also a divine 'gift’, if accepted, since its object is ultimate blessin... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Somehow the killing of the giant spider, all alone by himself in the dark without the help of the wi... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Already he was a very different hobbit from the one that had run out without a pocket-handkerchief f... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Truly songs and tales fall utterly short of the reality, O Smaug the Chiefest and greatest of Calami... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Why O why did I ever leave my hobbit-hole?" said poor Mr. Baggins, bumping up and down on Bombur's b... J.R.R. TOLKIEN No dragon can resist the fascination of riddling talk and of wasting time trying to understand it. J.R.R. TOLKIEN evil labours with vast power and perpetual success - in vain: preparing always only the soil for une... J.R.R. TOLKIEN I heard of that bloodthirsty old murderer Josef Stalin inviting all nations to join a happy family o... J.R.R. TOLKIEN The greater part of the truth is always hidden, in regions out of the reach of cynicism. J.R.R. TOLKIEN For myself, I find I become less cynical rather than more--remembering my own sins and follies; and ... 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 ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn’ Ambar-metta! J.R.R. TOLKIEN I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Fare well we call to hearth and hall Though wind may blow and rain may fall We must away e... J.R.R. TOLKIEN I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and broke the mountain-side where he smote it... J.R.R. TOLKIEN You do not understand' said Pippin. 'You must go - and therefore we must too. Merry and I are coming... J.R.R. TOLKIEN What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!' Pity? It was Pit... J.R.R. TOLKIEN You renounce your friendship even in the hour of our need ' he said. 'Yet you were glad indeed to re... J.R.R. TOLKIEN I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to J.R.R. TOLKIEN We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also re... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation. J.R.R. TOLKIEN The others cast themselves down upon the fragrant grass, but Frodo stood awhile still lost in wonder... J.R.R. TOLKIEN This is the ending. Now not day only shall be beloved, but night too shall be beautiful and blessed ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN How shall a man judge what to do in such times?' 'As he ever has judged,' said Aragorn. 'Good a... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Do not go to the elves for council for they will say both yes and no. J.R.R. TOLKIEN For if joyful is the fountain that rises in the sun, its springs are in the wells of sorrow unfathom... J.R.R. TOLKIEN We all long for Eden, and we are constantly glimpsing it: our whole nature at its best and least cor... J.R.R. TOLKIEN ...in doubt a man of worth will trust to his own wisdom. J.R.R. TOLKIEN But Sauron was not of mortal flesh, and though he was robbed now of that shape in which had wrought ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN