There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark.
There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.
Then shouldering their burdens, they set off, seeking a path that would bring them over the grey hills of the Emyn Muil, and down into the Land of Shadow.
Their 'magic' is Art, delivered from many of its human limitations.
The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.
The road goes ever on and on
The Doom (or the Gift) of Men is mortality, freedom from the circles of the world.
That is the purpose for which you are called hither. Called, is say, though I have not called you to me, strangers from distant lands. You have come and are here met, in this very nick of time, by cha...
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.
Sorry! I don't want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to tea -any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Good bye!
Some who have read the book, or at any rate reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible; and I have no reason to complain, since I have similar opinions of their work, or of the kinds o...
So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending! said Bilbo, and he turned his back on his adventure.
Seek for the Sword that was brokenIn Imladris it dwells;There shall be counsels takenStronger than Morgul-spells.There shall be shown a tokenThat Doom is near at hand,For Isuldur's Bane shall waken,An...
Of all the things that men may heed'Tis most of love they sing indeed.
Now goblins are cruel, wicked, and bad-hearted. They make no beautiful things, but they make many clever ones.
No hay nada como mirar, si queréis encontrar algo. Cierto que casi siempre, se encuentra algo, si se mira, pero no siempre es lo que uno busca.
No great leap for a man, but a leap in the dark.
May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do no be too eager to deal out death in judgment.