“ I wonder,' said Frodo. 'It's my doom, I think, to go to that Shadow yonder, so that a way will be found. But will good or evil show it to me? J.R.R. Tolkien
“ We stopped and listened. Just on the cusp of hearing I detected a rhythmic pounding, more a vibration in the concrete than a sound.'Drums,' I said and then because I couldn't resist it. 'Drums in the… Ben Aaronovitch
“ ¡Es que no soy ningun hombre viviente! Lo que tus ojos ven es una mujer. Soy Éowyn hija de Eomund. Pretendes impedir que me acerque a mi señor y pariente. ¡Vete de aqui si no eres una criatura inmorta… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ The two things that came out clearly were the sense of reality in the background and the mythical value: the essence of myth being that it should have no taint of allegory to the maker and yet should C.S. Lewis
“ Speak, or I will put a dint in your hat that even a wizard will find hard to deal with! J.R.R. Tolkien
“ You are a set of deceitful scoundrels! But bless you! I give in. I will take Gildor's advice. If the danger were not so dark, I should dance for joy. Even so, I cannot help feeling happy; happier than… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ It needs but one foe to breed a war, not two, Master Warden,' answered Éowyn. 'And those who have not swords can still die upon them. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ ¿A qué le teméis, Señora?-le preguntó Aragorn.-A una jaula. A vivir encerrada detrás de barrotes, hasta que la costumbre y la vejez acepten el cautiverio, y la posibilidad y aún el deseo de llevar a c… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ We are truth-speakers, we men of Gondor. We boast seldom, and then perform, or die in the attempt. Not if I found it on the highway would I take it, I said. Even if I were such a man as to desire this… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ His head was swimming, and he was far from certain even of the direction they had been going in when he had his fall. He guessed as well as he could, and crawled along for a good way, till suddenly hi… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ For you do not yet know the strengths of your hearts, and you cannot foresee what each may meet on the road. 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
“ ...With a religious book it is less what we see in it than what we see through it that matters. J. R. R. Tolkien's fairy-tale epic the Lord of the Rings helps draw the distinction perhaps. Some of its… Frederick Buechner
“ Motherfuckers will read a book that’s one third Elvish, but put two sentences in Spanish and they [white people] think we’re taking over. Junot Diaz
“ And there's no sex, hardly any love stuff at all, in Middle Earth, which always made me think, yes, the world would be better off without it. Jo Walton
“ There are many forms of tyrants, but there are none so terrible as those stifling their own people in the name of freedom. E.A. Bucchianeri
“ Tolkien did admit that, 'As a guide, I had only my own feelings for what is appealing or moving.' In other words ~ he wrote about what interested him ~ and despite his protestation of including anythi… E.A. Bucchianeri
