“ But whenever I say that I will do this or that, it looks very different when the time comes. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Bilbo’s Last SongDay is ended, dim my eyes,But journey long before me lies.Farewell, friends! I hear the call.The ship's beside the stony wall.Foam is white and waves are grey;Beyond the sunset leads… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ As the light upon the leaves of trees, as the voice of clear waters, as the stars above the mists of the world, such was her glory and her loveliness; and in her face was a shining light. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ All his court were cast down in slumber, and all the fires faded and were quenched; but the Silmarils in the crown on Morgoth's head blazed forth suddenly with a radiance of white flame; and the burde… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Grows like a seed in the dark out of the leaf-mould of the mind: out of all that has been seen or thought or read, that has long ago been forgotten, descending into the deeps. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ I sit beside the fire and think Of all that I have seenOf meadow flowers and butterfliesIn summers that have beenOf yellow leaves and gossamerIn autumns that there wereWith morning mist and silver sun… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Young she was and yet not so. The braids of her dark hair were touched by no frost; her white arms and clear face were flawless and smooth, and the light of stars was in her bright eyes, grey as a clo… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere. 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 back. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Well I've made up my mind, anyway. I want to see mountains again, Gandalf – mountains; and then find somewhere where I can rest. In peace and quiet, without a lot of relatives prying around, and strin… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ To think I should have lived to be goodmorninged by Belladonna Took's son, as if I was selling buttons at the door! J.R.R. Tolkien
“ They hammered on the outer gate and called, but there was at first no answer; and then to their surprise someone blew a horn, and the lights in the windows went out. A voice shouted in the dark: 'Who'… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ These are indeed strange days,’ he (Éomer) muttered. ‘Dreams and legends spring to life out of the grass. 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
“ Then suddenly he beheld his sister Éowyn as she lay, and he knew her. He stood a moment as a man who is pierced in the midst of a cry by an arrow through the heart; and then his face went deathly whit… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ 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… 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
