Where is he?' said Frodo, looking round, as if he expected a masked and sinister figure to come out of a cupboard.
What a pity Bilbo did not stab the vile creature, when he had a chance! Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need. I do not feel any pity for Gollum. He deser...
Tell me, Legolas, why did I come on this Quest? Little did I know where the chief peril lay! Truly Elrond spoke, saying that we could not foresee what we might meet upon our road. Torment in the dark...
Orcs, and talking trees, and leagues of grass, and galloping riders, and glittering caves, and white towers and golden halls, and battles, and tall ships sailing, all these passed before Sam's mind.
Of course, it is likely enough, my friends, he said slowly, likely enough that we are going to our dooms: the last march of the Ents. But if we stayed at home and did nothing, doom would find us anywa...
O! Sweet is the sound of falling rain, and the brook that leaps from hill to plain; but better than rain or rippling streams is Water Hot that smokes and steams.
Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating, and even g...
Non vedi laggiù la stretta viaCosì angusta, circondata da spine e da rovi?E' il sentiero della Virtù,Sebbene così pochi lo ricerchino.E non vedi laggiù quell'ampia, ampia strada,Che si snoda attravers...
In that hour of trial it was the love of his master that helped most to hold him firm; but also deep down in him lived still unconquered his plain hobbit-sense: he knew in the core of his heart that h...
In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl. A great black shape against the fires beyond he loomed up, grown to a vast menace of despair. In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl, under the archway that no enemy ever yet h...
I wrote The Lord of the Rings because I wished ‘to try my hand at a really long story that would hold the attention of readers, amuse them, delight them, and at times maybe excite them or deeply move...
I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.
I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory.
For suddenly above him far and faint his song was taken up, and a voice answering called to him. Maedhros it was that sang amid his torment. But Fingon climbed to the foot of the precipice where his k...
Few now remember them,' Tom murmured, 'yet still some go wandering, sons of forgotten kings walking in loneliness, guarding from evil things folk that are heedless.
Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
Dwarves are not heroes, but a calculating folk with a great idea of the value of money; some are tricky and treacherous and pretty bad lots; some are not but are decent enough people like Thorin and C...
Du findest ganz sicher etwas, wenn du nur suchst, allerdings nicht immer das, was du gesucht hast.
Chip the glasses and crack the plates! Blunt the knives and bend the forks! That’s what Bilbo Baggins hates– Smash the bottles and burn the corks! Cut the cloth and tread on the fat! Pour...