“ Dear me! We Tooks and Brandybucks, we can't live long on the heights.''No,' said Merry. 'I can't. Not yet, at any rate. But at least, Pippin, we can now see them, and honour them. It is best to love f… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ But I don't think I ought to leave my friends like this, after all we have gone through together. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ And the others were thinking equally gloomy thoughts, although when they had said good-bye to Elrond in the high hope of a midsummer morning, they' had spoken gaily of the passage of the mountains, an… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ In the deep places he gives thought to music great and terrible; and the echo of that music runs through all the veins of the world in sorrow and in joy; for if joyful is the fountain that rises in th… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ And all the host laughed and wept, and in the midst of their merriment and tears the clear voice of the minstrel rose like silver and gold, and all men were hushed. And he sang to them, now in the Elv… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ I met a lot of things on the way that astonished me. Tom Bombadil I knew already; but I had never been to Bree. Strider sitting in the corner at the inn was a shock, and I had no more idea who he was… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Please don't cook me, kind sirs! I am a good cook myself, and cook better than I cook, if you see what I mean. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ What do you fear, lady? [Aragorn] asked. A cage, [Éowyn] said. To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Then sudden Felagund there swayingSang in answer a song of staying,Resisting, battling against power,Of secrets kept, strength like a tower,And trust unbroken, freedom, escape;Of changing and of shift… J.R.R. Tolkien
