“ Du findest ganz sicher etwas, wenn du nur suchst, allerdings nicht immer das, was du gesucht hast. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ But there, my friends, songs like trees bear fruit only in their own time and their own way: and sometimes they are withered untimely. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ But fairest of all was the great white gem, which the dwarves had found beneath the roots of the Mountain, the Heart of the Mountain, the Arkenstone of Thrain. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ But do you remember Gandalf’s words: Even Gollum may have something yet to do? But for him, Sam, I could not have destroyed the Ring. The Quest would have been in vain, even at the bitter end. So let… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ But Olwë answered: ‘We renounce no friendship. But it may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend’s folly. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ As he fell slowly into sleep, Pippin had a strange feeling: he and Gandalf were still as stone, seated upon the statue of a running horse, while the world rolled away beneath his feet with a great noi… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Always after a defeat and a respite, says Gandalf, the shadow takes another shape and grows again.I wish it need not have happened in my time, says Frodo.So do I, says Gandalf, and so do all who live… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Already he was a very different hobbit from the one that had run out without a pocket-handkerchief from Bag-End long ago. He had not had a pocket-handkerchief for ages. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day.Aragorn, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King J.R.R. Tolkien
“ A perfect house, whether you like food or sleep or story-telling or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all.' Merely to be there was a cure for weariness, fear, a… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ And suddenly she began to sing. Keen, heart-piercing was her song as the song of the lark that rises from the gates of night and pours its voice among the dying stars, seeing the sun behind the walls… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ You ought not to be rude to an eagle, when you are only the size of a hobbit, and are up in his eyrie at night! J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Always after a defeat and a respite, the Shadow takes another shape and grows again. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ All the same, I should like it all plain and clear, said he obstinately, putting on his business manner (usually reserved for people who tried to borrow money off him), and doing his best to appear wi… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Alas! there are some wounds that cannot be wholly cured, said Gandalf.I fear it may be so with mine, said Frodo. There is no real going back. Though I may come to the Shire, it will not seem the same;… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ In describing a fairy story which they think adults might possibly read for their own entertainment, reviewers frequently indulge in such waggeries as: 'this book is for children from the ages of six… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Even when a prohibition in a fairy-story is guessed to be derived from some taboo once practised long ago, it has probably been preserved in the later stages of the tale's history because of the great… J.R.R. Tolkien
