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Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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13f4214
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The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it's no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won't come.
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hopelessness
worry
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J R R Tolkien |
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27458e2
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A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
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loneliness
friendship
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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b70a579
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To the sea, to the sea! The white gulls are crying, The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying. West, west away, the round sun is falling, Grey ship, grey ship, do you hear them calling, The voices of my people that have gone before me? I will leave, I will leave the woods that bore me; For our days are ending and our years failing. I will pass the wide waters lonely sailing. Long are the waves on the Last Shore falling, Sweet are..
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poetry
song
legolas
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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d2caff0
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The Dark Lord has Nine. But we have One, mightier than they: the White Rider. He has passed through the fire and the abyss, and they shall fear him. We will go where he leads.
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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He loved mountains, or he had loved the thought of them marching on the edge of stories brought from far away; but now he was borne down by the insupportable weight of Middle-earth. He longed to shut out the immensity in a quiet room by a fire.
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merry
vastness
mountains
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J R R Tolkien |
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d3b7924
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The world has changed. I see it in the water. I feel it in the Earth. I smell it in the air.
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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599b0cb
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I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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Now, therefore, I will sleep. I speak no comfort to you, for there is no comfort for such pain within the circles of the world. The uttermost choice is before you: to repent and go to the Havens and bear away into the West the memory of our days together that shall there be evergreen but never more than memory; or else to abide the Doom of Men.
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J. R. R Tolkien |
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5f742b4
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Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!' he said to himself, and it became a favourite saying of his later, and passed into a proverb. 'You aren't nearly through this adventure yet,' he added, and that was pretty true as well.
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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But you speak of Master Gandalf, as if he was in a story that had come to an end.' 'Yes, we do,' said Pippin sadly. 'The story seems to be going on, but I am afraid Gandalf has fallen out of it.
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the-two-towers
well-worded
wonderful
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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82df66a
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It was a hobbit hole, and that means comfort
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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aa6c613
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But to Sam the evening deepened to darkness as he stood at the Haven; and as he looked at the grey sea he saw only a shadow in the waters that was soon lost in the West. There he stood far into the night, hearing only the sigh and murmur of the waves on the shores of Middle-Earth, and the sound of them sank deep into his heart.
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tolkien
sam-gamgee
middle-earth
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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2acfa96
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And Eowyn looked at Faramir long and steadily; and Faramir said: 'Do not scorn pity that is the gift of a gentle heart, Eowyn! But I do not offer you my pity. For you are a lady high and valiant and have yourself won renown that shall not be forgotten; and you are a lady beautiful, I deem, beyond even the words of the Elven-tongue to tell. And I love you. Once I pitied your sorrow. But now, were you sorrowless, without fear or any lack, wer..
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love
faramir
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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The world was young, the mountains green, No stain yet on the Moon was seen, No words were laid on stream or stone When Durin woke and walked alone. He named the nameless hills and dells; He drank from yet untasted wells; He stooped and looked in Mirrormere, And saw a crown of stars appear, As gems upon a silver thread, Above the shadow of his head. The world was fair, the mountains tall, In Elder Days before the fall Of mighty kings in Nar..
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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ac5dfda
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My name is growing all the time, and I've lived a very long, long time; so my name is like a story. Real names tell you the story of the things they belong to in my language, in the Old Entish as you might say. It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a long time to say, and to listen to.
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tolkien
the-two-towers
language
name
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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67c2be0
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Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo
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middle-earth
frodo
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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a9697de
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Mind your P's and Q's.
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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I feel I need a holiday, a very long holiday, as I have told you before. Probably a permanent holiday: I don't expect I shall return. in fact, I don't mean to, and I have made all arrangements.... I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread. That can't be right. I need a change, or something.' Bilbo
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tired
wholeness
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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4c0dd93
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Don't dip your beard in the foam, Father!" They cried to Thorin. "It is long enough without watering it!"
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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Who are you, Master?' he asked. 'Eh, what?' said Tom sitting up, and his eyes glinting in the gloom. 'Don't you know my name yet? That's the only answer. Tell me, who are you, alone, yourself and nameless?
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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9310689
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If that's being queer, then we could do with a bit more queerness in these parts.
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queer
strange
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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a6bb9d0
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Frodo: I can't do this, Sam. Sam: I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. 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..
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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Bilbo lay with his eyes shut, gasping an taking pleasure in the feel of the fresh air again, and hardly noticing the excitement of the dwarves, or how they praised him and patted him on the back and put themseves and all their families for generations to come at his service.
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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b1137dd
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He did not go much further, but sat down on the cold floor and gave himself up to complete miserableness, for a long while. He thought of himself frying bacon and eggs in his own kitchen at home - for he could feel inside that it was high time for some meal or other; but that only made him miserabler.
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tolkien
funny
miserabler
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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3711f60
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O! Tril-lil-lil-lolly the valley is jolly, ha! ha! -Elves of Rivendell
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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Despair, or folly?' said Gandalf. 'It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. It is wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope. Well, let folly be our cloak, a veil before the eyes of the Enemy!
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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I don't deny it," said Frodo, looking at Sam, who was now grinning. "I don't deny it, but I'll never believe you are sleeping again, whether you snore or not. I shall kick you hard to make sure."
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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It depends on what you want," put in Merry. "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 keep it yourself. 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..
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the-fellowship-of-the-ring
the-lord-of-the-rings
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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66406d3
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Behind that, there was something else at work, beyond any design of the ring maker. I can put it no plainer than by saying that Bilbo was to find the ring, and by its maker. In which case you also were to have it. And that may be an encouraging thought.
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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You'll live to regret it, young fellow! Why didn't you go too? You don't belong here; you're no Baggins--you--you're a Brandybuck!'
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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Non puoi passare - disse. Gli Orchi tacquero, e si fece un silenzio di morte - Sono un servitore del Fuoco Segreto, e reggo la fiamma di Anor. Non puoi passare. A nulla ti servira il fuoco oscuro, fiamma di Udun. Torna nell'Ombra! Non puoi passare
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tolkien
khazad-dum
la-compagnia-dell-anello
the-fellowship-of-the-ring
italiano
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J R R Tolkien |
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a35cc1a
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Wars are not favourable to delicate pleasures.
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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871a2c1
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I have the hatred of apartheid in my bones...
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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1ab5b9c
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Every morning I wake up and think good, another 24 hours' pipe-smoking.
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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83a544a
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I liked him better than all the other characters[...]
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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b2f672d
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In such 'fantasy', as it is called, new form is made; Faerie begins; Man becomes a sub-creator.
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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9187197
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Small wonder that spell means both a story told, and a formula of power over living men.
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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018b3df
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A story must be told or there'll be no story, yet it is the untold stories that are most moving.
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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e501a05
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'Power' is an ominous and sinister word in all these tales, except as applied to the gods.
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J. R. R. Tolkien |