“ Those were happier days, when there was still close friendship at times between folk of different race, even between Dwarves and Elves.'It was not the fault of the Dwarves that the friendship waned,'… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ 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… 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 way is shut. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ 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… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ The Balrog reached the bridge. Gandalf stood in the middle of the span, leaning on the staff in his left hand, but in his other hand Glamdring gleamed, cold and white. His enemy halted again, facing h… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ No one, I fancy, would discredit a story that the Archbishop of Canterbury slipped on a banana skin merely because he found that a similar comic mishap had been reported of many people, and especially… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ It is a fair tale, though it is sad, as are all the takes of Middle-earth, and yet it may lift up your hearts. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ I suppose hobbits need some description nowadays, since they have become rare and shy of the Big People, as they call us. They are (or were) a little people, about half our height, and smaller than th… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ I had a mind to make a body of more or less connected legend, ranging from the large and cosmogonic, to the level of romantic fairy-story - the larger founded on the lesser in contact with the earth,… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ I am not going to tell you my name, not yet at any rate.' A queer half-knowing, half-humorous look came with a green flicker into his eyes. 'For one thing it would take a long while: my name is growin… J.R.R. Tolkien
