“ Gandalf thought of most things; and though he could not do everything, he could do a great deal for friends in a tight corner. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Far over misty mountains coldTo dungeons deep and caverns oldWe must away, ere break of day,To find our long-forgotten gold. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Faith then they vowedFast, unyielding,There each to eachIn oaths binding.Bliss there was bornWhen Brynhild woke;Yet fate is strongTo find its end. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ But I suppose it’s often that way. The brave things in the old tales and songs, Mr. Frodo: adventures, as I used to call them. I used to think that they were things the wonderful folk of the stories w… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ And then all the host of Rohan burst into song, and they sang as they slew, for the joy of battle was on them, and the sound of their singing that was fair and terrible came even to the City. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Wonder if we shall ever be put into songs or tales. We’re in one, of course; but I mean: put into words, you know, told by the fireside, or read out of a great big book with red and black letters, yea… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Wandering in the summer in the woods of Neldoreth [Beren] came upon Lúthien, daughter of Thingol and Melian, at a time of evening under moonrise, as she danced upon the unfading grass in the glades be… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ To him that is pitiless the deeds of pity are ever strange and beyond comprehension. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Yet Frodo began to hear, or to imagine that he heard, something else: like the faint fall of soft bare feet. It was never loud enough, or near enough, for him to feel certain that he heard it; but onc… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Though here at journey's end I liein darkness buried deep,beyond all towers strong and high,beyond all mountains steep,above all shadows rides the Sunand Stars for ever dwell:I will not say the Day is… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ They tried to pierce your heart with a Morgul-knife which remains in the wound. If they had succeeded, you would have become like they are, only weaker and under their command. You would have became a… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ There are many things in the deep waters; and seas and lands may change. And it is not our part here to take thought only for a season, or for a few lives of Men, or for a passing age of the world. We… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ 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… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ 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… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending! said Bilbo, and he turned his back on his adventure. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Roads go ever ever on,Over rock and under tree,By caves where never sun has shone,By streams that never find the sea;Over snow by winter sown,And through the merry flowers of June,Over grass and over… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ PIPPIN: I didn't think it would end this way.GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Memory is not what the heart desires. That is only a mirror, be it clear as Kheled-zaram. Or so says the heart of Gimli the Dwarf. J.R.R. Tolkien
