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963fded Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. gandalf j-r-r-tolkien death-penalty lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
c30924c There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: and One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs. reading books fantasy education jrr-tolkien children-s-literature ayn-rand real-world life-changing lord-of-the-rings John Rogers
fcfbbdd And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her. lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
f6eec2a I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren. fantasy Éowyn lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
b978e29 There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach. tolkien inspirational sam-gamgee middle-earth lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
467d706 The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may be attempted by the weak with as much hope as the strong. Yet it is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: Small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere. catholicism humility lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
eaf3341 He [Bilbo] used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary. 'It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,' he used to say. 'You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.' . . . tolkien middle-earth frodo lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
5cba1fc I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going, because they were holding on to something. beauty truth inspirational lord-of-the-rings Peter Jackson
c916492 You can trust us to stick to you through thick and thin - to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours - closer than you yourself keep it. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends, Frodo. Anyway: there it is. We know most of what Gandalf has told you. We know a good deal about the ring. We are horribly afraid-but we are coming with you; or following you like hounds. tolkien true-love friendship middle-earth frodo merry lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
821c8f7 Eomer said, 'How is a man to judge what to do in such times?' As he has ever judged,' said Aragorn. 'Good and evil have not changed since yesteryear, nor are they one thing among Elves and another among Men. It is a man's part to discern them, as much in the Golden Wood as in his own house. catholic-spirituality catholicism lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
a75c081 But I am the real Strider, fortunately. I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will. heroes gallantry lord-of-the-rings oath J.R.R. Tolkien
b40fd34 "I wonder if people will ever say, "Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring." And they'll say, "Yes, that's one of my favorite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn't he, Dad?" "Yes, m'boy, the most famousest of hobbits. And that's saying a lot." tolkien sam-gamgee middle-earth lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
8b39d7d Sam: I wonder if we'll ever be put into songs or tales. Frodo: [turns around] What? Sam: I wonder if people will ever say, 'Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring.' And they'll say 'Yes, that's one of my favorite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn't he, Dad?' 'Yes, my boy, the most famousest of hobbits. And that's saying a lot.' Frodo: [continue walking] You've left out one of the chief characters - Samwise the Brave. I want to hear more about Sam. [stops and turns to Sam] Frodo: Frodo wouldn't have got far without Sam. Sam: Now Mr. Frodo, you shouldn't make fun; I was being serious. Frodo: So was I. [they continue to walk] Sam: Samwise the Brave... samwise-the-brave samwise sam-gamgee lord-of-the-rings stories J.R.R. Tolkien
4801b7d You cannot pass! lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
e9ecf5a When evening in the Shire was grey his footsteps on the Hill were heard; before the dawn he went away on journey long without a word. From Wilderland to Western shore, from northern waste to southern hill, through dragon-lair and hidden door and darkling woods he walked at will. With Dwarf and Hobbit, Elves and Men, with mortal and immortal folk, with bird on bough and beast in den, in their own secret tongues he spoke. A deadly sword, a healing hand, a back that bent beneath its load; a trumpet-voice, a burning brand, a weary pilgrim on the road. A lord of wisdom throned he sat, swift in anger, quick to laugh; an old man in a battered hat who leaned upon a thorny staff. He stood upon the bridge alone and Fire and Shadow both defied; his staff was broken on the stone, in Khazad-dum his wisdom died. jrr-tolkien the-fellowship-of-the-ring gandalf lament j-r-r-tolkien lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
6292ac8 No taste of food, no feel of water, no sound of wind, no memory of tree or grass or flower, no image of moon or star are left to me. I am naked in the dark, Sam, and there is no veil between me and the wheel of fire. I begin to see it even with my waking eyes, and all else fades. tolkien middle-earth lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
61bb89d Here was one with an air of high nobility such as Aragorn at times revealed, less high perhaps, yet also less incalculable and remote: one of the Kings of Men born into a later time, but touched with the wisdom and sadness of the Eldar Race. He knew now why Beregond spoke his name with love. He was a captain that men would follow, that he would follow, even under the shadow of the black wings. pippin the-two-towers the-return-of-the-king lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
cfc0b98 "Then as he had kept watch Sam had noticed that at times a light seemed to be shining faintly within; but now the light was even clearer and stronger. Frodo's face was peaceful, the marks of fear and care had left it; but it looked old, old and beautiful, as if the chiseling of the shaping years was now revealed in many fine lines that had before been hidden, though the identity of the face was not changed. Not that Sam Gamgee put it that way to himself. He shook his head, as if finding words useless, and murmured: "I love him. He's like that, and sometimes it shines through, somehow. But I love him, whether or no." tolkien sam-gamgee middle-earth lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
6107e57 Suddenly Faramir stirred, and he opened his eyes, and he looked on Aragorn who bent over him; and a light of knowledge and love was kindled in his eyes, and he spoke softly. 'My lord, you called me. I come. What does the king command? tolkien faramir middle-earth lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
c28f8ae It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: some one has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them. return-of-the-king samwise-gamgee j-r-r-tolkien lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
e50f10a If you took this thing on yourself, unwilling, at others' asking, then you have pity and honour from me. And I marvel at you: to keep it hid and not to use it. You are a new people and a new world to me. Are all your kin of like sort? Your land must be a realm of peace and content, and there must gardners be in high hounour. tolkien middle-earth frodo lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
b6083d6 Well, you have now, Sam, dear Sam,' said Frodo, and he lay back in Sam's gentle arms, closing his eyes, like a child at rest when night-fears are driven away by some loved voice or hand. Sam felt that he could sit like that in endless happiness... tolkien true-love sam-gamgee middle-earth hobbits lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
69416de Evidently we look so much alike that your desire to make an incurable dent in my hat must be excused. incurable-dents saruman gimli lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
7f587c1 For you do not yet know the strengths of your hearts, and you cannot foresee what each may meet on the road. lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
2f1c79b There was some murmuring, but also some grins on the faces of the men looking on: the sight of their Captain sitting on the ground and eye to eye with a young hobbit, legs well apart, bristling with wrath, was one beyond their experience. sam-gamgee lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
767f1e3 And what do you wish?' he said at last. 'That what should be shall be,' she answered. galadriel j-r-r-tolkien lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
dbcc82c "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 thing, and even though I knew not clearly what this thing was when I spoke, still I should take those words as a vow, and be held by them." lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
3561d9d "I am the foremost collector of velvet Elvii in the city of Chicago," I said at once. "Elvii?" Marcone inquired. "The plural would be Elvises, I guess," I said. "But if I say that too often, I start muttering to myself and calling things 'my precious,' so I usually go with the Latin plural." art-collection elvis gollum lord-of-the-rings Jim Butcher
b4a4de7 "Gandalf and Pippin came to Merry's room, and there they found Aragorn standing by the bed. 'Poor old Merry!' cried Pippin, and he ran to the bedside, for it seemed to him that his friend looked worse and a greyness in his face, as if a weight of years and sorrow lay upon him; and suddenly a fear seized Pippin that Merry would die. 'Do not be afraid,' Aragorn said, 'I came in time, and I have called him back. He is weary now, and grieved, and he has taken a hurt like the lady Eowyn, daring to smite that deadly thing. But these evils can be amended, so strong and gay a spirit is in him. His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.' Then Aragorn laid his hand on Merry's head, and passing his hand gently through the brown curls , he touched the eyelids, and called him by name. And when the fragrance of athelas stole through the room, like the scent of orchards, and of heather in the sunshine full of bees, suddenly Merry awoke, and he said: 'I am hungry. What is the time?' 'Past supper-time now,' said Pippin; 'though I daresay I could bring you something, if they will let me.' 'They will indeed," said Gandalf, . 'And anything else that this Rider of Rohan may desire, if it can be found in Minas Tirith, where his name is in honour." 'Good!' said Merry. 'Then I would like supper first, and after that a pipe." tolkien athelas riders-of-rohan return-of-the-king meriadoc-brandybuck merry-brandybuck peregrin-took pippin-took pippin gandalf merry pipe j-r-r-tolkien rohan supper lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
c13dde2 It is mine, I tell you. My own. My precious. Yes, my precious. book-1 chapter-1 gandalf ring precious lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
d6d0536 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 his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel. It was a turning point in his career, but he did not know it. He put the ring in his pocket almost without thinking; certainly it did not seem of any particular use at the moment. lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
a99fed4 Then holding the star aloft and the bright sword advanced, Frodo, hobbit of the Shire, walked steadily down to meet the eyes. tolkien motivational inspirational middle-earth lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
45ade09 Goodbye, master, my dear! Forgive your Sam. He'll come back to this spot when the job's done - if he manages it. And then he'll not leave you again. Rest you quiet till I come; and may no foul creature come anigh you! And if the Lady could hear me and give me one wish, I would wish to come back and find you again. Good bye! tolkien true-love middle-earth sam lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
92ffdbe "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 all turns to silver glass, and then you see it. White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise." -- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings" -- heaven jrr-tolkien lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
0e983cb J.R.R.Tolkien has confessed that about a third of the way through The Fellowship of the Ring, some ruffian named Strider confronted the hobbits in an inn, and Tolkien was in despair. He didn't know who Strider was, where the book was going, or what to write next. Strider turns out to be no lesser person than Aragorn, the unrecognized and uncrowned king of all the forces of good, whose restoration to rule is, along with the destruction of the evil ring, the engine that moves the plot of the whole massive trilogy, The Lord of the Rings. tolkien motivation strider character-building writing-books plot fiction-writing lord-of-the-rings Ansen Dibell
6bcafa0 No onslaught more fierce was ever seen in the savage world of beasts, where some desperate small creature armed with little teeth, alone, will spring upon a tower of horn and hide that stands above its fallen mate. tolkien true-love middle-earth sam lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
29043ba "Hobbits always so polite, yes! O nice hobbits! Smeagol brings them up secret ways that nobody else could find. Tired he is, thirsty he is, yes thirsty; and he guides them and he searches for paths, and they saw sneak, sneak. Very nice friends, O yes my precious, very nice." Sam felt a little remorseful, but not yet trustful. "Sorry," he said. "I'm sorry, but you startled me out of my sleep. And I shouldn't have been sleeping, and that made me sharp. But Mr. Frodo, he's that tired, I asked him to have a wink; and well, that's how it is. Sorry. But where HAVE you been to?" "Sneaking," said Gollum, and the green glint did not leave his eyes. ... "Hullo, Smeagol!" Frodo said. "Found any food? Have you had any rest?" "No food, no rest, nothing for Smeagol," said Gollum. "He's a sneak." "Don't take names to yourself, Smeagol," Frodo said. "It's unwise, whether they are true or false." "Smeagol has to take what's given to him," answered Gollum. "He was given that name by kind Master Samwise, the hobbit that knows so much." sleep sneak sméagol the-two-towers hobbit frodo-baggins samwise-gamgee rest path gollum lord-of-the-rings name J.R.R. Tolkien
51a5414 There was a deep silence, only scraped on its surfaces by the faint quiver of empty seed-plumes, and broken grass-blades trembling in small air-movements they could not feel. 'Not a bird!' said Sam mournfully. 'No, no birds,' said Gollum. 'Nice birds!' He licked his teeth. 'No birds here. There are snakeses, wormses, things in the pools. Lots of things, lots of nasty things. No birds,' he ended sadly. Sam looked at him with distaste. humour sméagol lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
227a90b 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 I have felt for a long time. tolkien middle-earth lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
d2133ac Speak, or I will put a dint in your hat that even a wizard will find hard to deal with! humor lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
e415cab For Isildur would not surrender it to Elrond and Cirdan who stood by. They counselled him to cast it into the fire of Orodruin night at hand... But Isildur refused this counsel, saying: 'This I will have as weregild for my father's death, and my brother's. Was it not I that dealt the Enemy his death-blow?' And the Ring that he held seemed to him exceedingly fair to look on; and he would not suffer it to be destroyed. the-ring-of-power isildur the-one-ring sauron lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
fcd18f7 ?A que le temeis, Senora?-le pregunto Aragorn. -A una jaula. A vivir encerrada detras de barrotes, hasta que la costumbre y la vejez acepten el cautiverio, y la posibilidad y aun el deseo de llevar a cabo grandes hazanas se hayan perdido para siempre. tolkien lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
687e656 (One does not simply walk into Mordor--except that was exactly what everyone in the story did anyway.) lotr mordor lord-of-the-rings Jim Butcher
748b099 "I first read and when I was eighteen. It felt as though the author had taken every element I'd ever want in a story and woven them into one huge, seamless narrative; but more important, for me, Tolkien had created a place, a vast, beautiful, awesome landscape, which remained a resource long after the protagonists had finished their battles and gone their separate ways. In illustrating the-hobbit lord-of-the-rings Alan Lee
6d017f1 "Are we riding far tonight, Gandalf?" asked Merry after a while. "I don't know how you feel with small rag-tag dangling behind you; but the rag-tag is tired and will be glad to stop dangling and lie down." "So you heard that?" said Gandalf. "Don't let it rankle! Be thankful no longer words were aimed at you. He had his eyes on you. If it is any comfort to your pride, I should say that, at the moment, you and Pippin are more in his thoughts than the rest of us. Who you are; how you came here, and why; what you know; whether you were captured, and if so, how you escaped when all the orcs perished--it is with those little riddles that the great mind of Saruman is troubled. A sneer from him, Meriadoc, is a compliment, if you feel honoured by his concern." "Thank you!" said Merry. "But it is a greater honour to dangle at your tail, Gandalf. For one thing, in that position one has a chance of putting a question a second time. Are we riding far tonight?" Gandalf laughed. "A most unquenchable hobbit! All wizards should have a hobbit or two in their care--to teach them the meaning of the world, and to correct them." rag-tag tokien peregrin meriadoc meriadoc-brandybuck merry-brandybuck peregrin-took pippin-took saruman hobbit hobbits merry the-lord-of-the-rings j-r-r-tolkien lord-of-the-rings wizards wizard J.R.R. Tolkien
0361b57 "And she answered: 'All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men have died in battle and honour, you leave to be burned in the house, for the men will need it no more. But I am of the House of Eorl and not a serving-woman. I can ride and wield blade, and I do not fear either pain or death.' feminism fear Éowyn return-of-the-king lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
07c4ffb 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-tolkin two-towers lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
edc3eaa It needs but one foe to breed a war, not two, Master Warden,' answered Eowyn. 'And those who have not swords can still die upon them. tolkien lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
53df8f4 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 was the danger that I feared, and it did not hold me back. But I would not have come, had I known the danger of light and joy. gimli j-r-r-tolkien lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
cbb56c7 "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 myth lord-of-the-rings C.S. Lewis
1d40ffa I fear I am beyond your comprehension. - Gandalf the White fear gandalf-the-white the-two-towers gandalf lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
043142d However it may prove, one must tread the path that need chooses! tolkien lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
dd1fbdf !Es que no soy ningun hombre viviente! Lo que tus ojos ven es una mujer. Soy Eowyn hija de Eomund. Pretendes impedir que me acerque a mi senor y pariente. !Vete de aqui si no eres una criatura inmortal! Porque vivo o espectro oscuro, te traspasare con mi espada si lo tocas! tolkien lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
3f34ef3 Did you know, ji,' Zulu offered, 'that the map of Tolkien's Middle earth fits quite well over central England and Wales? Maybe all fairylands are right here, in our midst. tolkien fairytale wales england lord-of-the-rings Salman Rushdie
d3d858e In the Wide World the Wood-elves lingered in the twilight of our Sun and Moon, but loved best the stars; and they wandered in the great forests that grew tall in lands that are now lost. They dwelt most often by the edges of the woods, from which they could escape at times to hunt, or to ride and run over the open lands by moonlight or starlight; and after the coming of Men they took ever more and more to the gloaming and the dusk. Still elves they were and remain, and that is Good People. tolkien hobbit lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
12534b7 But this is terrible!' cried Frodo. 'Far worse than the worst that I imagined from your hints and warnings. O Gandalf, best of friends, what am I to do? For now I am really afraid. What am I to do? What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!' 'Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need. And he has been well rewarded, Frodo. Be sure that he took so little hurt from the evil, and escaped in the end, because he began his ownership of the Ring so. With Pity.' 'I am sorry,' said Frodo. 'But I am frightened; and I do not feel any pity for Gollum.' 'You have not seen him,' Gandalf broke in. 'No, and I don't want to,' said Frodo. I can't understand you. Do you mean to say that you, and the Elves, have let him live on after all those horrible deeds? Now at any rate he is as bad as an Orc, and just an enemy. He deserves death.' 'Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. gandalf frodo-baggins lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
7c74d15 I see that you are an elf-friend; the light in your eyes and the ring in your voice tells it. elf j-r-r-tolkien lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
8c650dc Against delay. Against the way that seems easier. Against refusal of the burden that is laid on me. Against - well, if it must be said, against trust in the strength and truth of Men. men frodo j-r-r-tolkien lord-of-the-rings J.R.R. Tolkien
2377956 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 deep.' 'Drum and Bass in the deep,' said Kumar. music lord-of-the-rings Ben Aaronovitch
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