There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid folk like you and me come blundering along, making a noise...
There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark.
There are other men, and other lives, and time still to be.
There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.
There are in any case many heroes but very few good dragons.
Then the voices of the Ainur, like unto harps and lutes, and pipes and trumpets, and viols and organs, and like unto countless choirs singing with words, began to fashipn the theme of Iluvatar to a gr...
The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ‘So...
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 song of Lúthien before Mandos was the song most fair that ever in words was woven, and the song most sorrowful that ever the world shall hear. Unchanged, imperishable, it is sung still in Valinor...
The sky was clear and the stars were growing bright. ‘It’s going to be a fine night,’ he said aloud. ‘That’s good for a beginning. I feel like walking.
The road goes ever on and on
The main mark of modern governments is that we do not know who governs, de facto any more than de jure. We see the politician and not his backer; still less the backer of the backer; or, what is most...
The eagles are coming!
The day will bring hope for me, said Aragorn. Is it not said that no foe has ever taken the Hornburg, if men defended it?So the minstrels say, said Éomer.Then let us defend it, and hope!
Take now this Ring,' he said; 'for thy labours and thy cares will be heavy, but in all it will support thee and defend thee from weariness. For this is the Ring of Fire, and herewith, maybe, thou shal...
Such bees! Bilbo had never seen anything like them.If one were to sting me, He thought I should swell up as big as I am!
So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending! said Bilbo, and he turned his back on his adventure.
Praise from the praise-worthy is beyond all rewards.
Now goblins are cruel, wicked, and bad-hearted. They make no beautiful things, but they make many clever ones.