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| a0abec9 | Now of old the name of that forest was Greenwood the Great, and its wide halls and aisles were the haunt of many beasts and of birds of bright song; and there was the realm of King Thranduil under the oak and the beech. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 5a0d4d8 | The washing-up was so dismally real that Bilbo was forced to believe the party of the night before had not been part of his bad dreams, as he had rather hoped. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 768a093 | In the spring when the wind is in the new leaves the echo of her voice may still be heard by the fall that bear her name. | spring the-fellowship-of-the-ring the-lord-of-the-rings | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| e70d7af | Then he called him Maeglin, which is Sharp Glance, for he perceived that the eyes of his son were more piercing than his own, and his thought could read the secrets of hearts beyond the mist of words. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 5f8d682 | Warning? Warning against what?' said Boromir sharply. '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. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| bcc62a4 | And as the captains gazed south to the Land of Mordor, it seemed to them that, black against the pall of cloud, there rose a huge shape of shadow, impenetrable, lightning-crowned, filling all the sky. Enormous it reared above the world, and stretched out towards them a vast threatening hand, terrible but impotent: for even as it leaned over them, a great wind took it, and it was all blown away, and passed; and then a hush fell. | sauron | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| 1e94798 | and they passed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together and tears are the very wine of blessedness. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 87f1742 | The realm of Suaron is ended!' said Gandalf. 'The Ring-bearer has fulfilled his Quest | j-r-r-tolkien the-quest the-return-of-the-ring the-ring-bearer | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| bae0e70 | The Company of the Ring shall be Nine; and the Nine Walkers shall be set against the Nine Riders that are evil. | 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 | |
| 310a04f | They seem a bit above my likes and dislikes, so to speak," answered Sam slowly. "It don't seem to matter what I think about them. They are quite different from what I expected -- so old and young, and so gay and sad, as it were." | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| d604beb | If people were in the habit of refering to 'King George's council, Winston and his gang,' it would go a long way to clearing thought, and reducing the frightful landslide into Theyocracy. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 861ef8e | Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate; And though I oft have passed them by, A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 109995b | 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. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| f695465 | Yes, sir. I don't know how to say it, but after last night I feel different. I seem to see ahead, in a kind of way. I know we are going to take a very long road, into darkness; but I know I can't turn back. It isn't to see Elves now, nor dragons, nor mountains, that I want - I don't rightly know what I want: but I have something to do before the end, and it lies ahead, not in the Shire. I must see it through, sir, if you understand me. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| f74246e | It is hard to be sure of anything among so many marvels. The world is all grown strange...How shall a man judge what to do in such times?' 'As he ever has judged,' said Aragorn. 'Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear; nor are they one thing among Elves and Dwarves and another among Men. It is a man's part to discern them, as much in the Golden Wood as in his own house. | morality | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| 5ba8beb | I dislike Allegory - the conscious and intentional allegory - yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must use allegorical language. (And, of course, the more 'life' a story has the more readily will it be susceptible of allegorical interpretations: while the better a deliberate allegory is made the more nearly will it be acceptable just as a story.) | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 88f2156 | Then Eomer was silent, and looked on his sister, as if pondering anew all the days of their past life together. But Aragorn said: "I saw also what you saw, Eomer. Few other griefs amid the ill chances of this world have more bitterness and shame for a man's heart than to behold the love of a lady so fair and brave that cannot be returned. Sorrow and pity have followed me ever since I left her desperate in Dunharrow and rode to the Paths of .. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 0a48780 | No more debates disturbed his mind. He knew all the arguments of despair and would not listen to them. His will was set, and only death would break it. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 50f504f | They made for his noise far quicker than he had expected. They were frightfully angry. Quite apart from the stones no spider has ever like being called Attercop, and Tomnoddy of course, is insulting to anybody. | humour insults-and-slander spiders tolkien | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| 634364f | As I lay in prison, Sam, I tried to remember the Brandywine, and Woody End, and The Water running through the mill at Hobbiton. But I can't see them now. | samwise-gamgee the-lord-of-the-rings the-return-of-the-king | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| d711964 | I am like a burglar that can't get away, but must go on miserably burgling the same house day after day. --Bilbo Baggins | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| c96c914 | What a tale we have been in, Mr. Frodo, haven't we?' he said. 'I wish I could hear it told. Do you think they'll say: Now comes the story of Nine-fingered Frodo and the ring of Doom? And then everyone will hush, like we did, when in Rivendell they told us the tale of Beren One-hand and the Great Jewel. I wish I could hear it! And I wonder how it will go on after our part. | j-r-r-tolkien rivendell sam the-return-of-the-king | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| 63b9a21 | En un agujero en el suelo, vivia un hobbit. No un agujero humedo, sucio, repugnante, con restos de gusanos y olor a fango, ni tampoco un agujero seco, desnudo y arenoso, sin nada en que sentarse o que comer: era un agujero-hobbit, y eso significa comodidad. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| fcc5db0 | All your long years we have been friends. Trust me as you once did, let it go | gandalf lotr | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| 669f8f8 | 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! | J. R. R. Tolkien | ||
| 6f1fd40 | Actually I am a Christian, and indeed a Roman Catholic, so that I do not expect 'history' to be anything but a 'long defeat' - though it contains (and in a legend may contain more clearly and movingly) some samples or glimpses of final victory. (Letter #195) | catholic-spirituality religion | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| f70219c | By Elbereth and Luthien the Fair,' said Frodo with a last effort, lifting up his sword, 'you shall have neither the Ring nor me! | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 42fb09a | Now goblins are cruel, wicked, and bad-hearted. They make no beautiful things, but they make many clever ones. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 539615f | May the hair on his toes never fall out! all praise to his wine and ale! | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 56e892c | Master of the Dark Shadow. For I also, Niniel, had my darkness, in which dear things were lost; but now I have overcome it, I deem. | master overcome | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| 03daa8c | 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 | ||
| d141c83 | If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| eb52d78 | I will not debate with you Dark Elf. By the swords of the Noldor alone are your sunless woods defended. Your freedom to wander there wild you owe to my kin and but for them long since you would have laboured in thraldom in the pits of Angband. And here I am King and whether you will it or will it not my doom is law. This choice is given to you: abide here or to die here and so also for your son. | defense eol freedom gondolin maeglin noldor turgon | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| 7d72b62 | Quite a merry gathering!...What's that? Tea! No thank you! A little red wine, I think for me. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 50bb3ae | but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend: the city of the Men of Numenor; and I would have her loved for her memory, her ancientry, her beauty, and her present wisdom. Not feared, save as men may fear the dignity of a man, old and wise. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| e6300b3 | Each day before the end of eve she sought her lover, nor would him leave, until the stars were dimmed, and day came glimmering eastward silver-grey. Then trembling-veiled she would appear, and dance before him, half in fear; there flitting just before his feet she gently chid with laughter sweet: 'Come! dance now, Beren, dance with me! For fain thy dancing I would see! | dance love the-gest-of-beren-and-luthien | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| b2509a6 | In those days of our tale, there were still some people who had both elves and heroes of the North for ancestors and Elrond, the master of the house, was their chief. He was as noble and as fair in face as an elf lord, as strong as a warrior, as wise as a wizard, as venerable as a king of dwarves and as kind as summer. | hobbit jrr-tolkien | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| 1d0f347 | What then was this hope, if you know?' Finrod asked. 'They say,' answered Andreth: 'they say that the One will himself enter into Arda, and heal Men and all the Marring from the beginning to the end. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 8030bb3 | Excuse me,' he said. 'I know this is a personal question. But are you clinically insane?' 'Possible, but very unlikely. Why? | Neil Gaiman | ||
| c19fc3b | A squirrel, Ratatosk, lives in the branches of the world-tree. It takes gossip and messages from Nidhogg, the dread corpse-eater, to the eagle and back again. The squirrel tells lies to both of them, and takes joy in provoking anger. | Neil Gaiman | ||
| 118fa83 | If not for Death, they'd be content to simply exist, but with Death, well, their lives will have meaning. | Neil Gaiman | ||
| 290e941 | You must have a bladder like Lake Erie. I think empires rose and fell in the time it took you to pee. I could hear it the whole time." Thank you. Do you want something?" | Neil Gaiman | ||
| 03d933a | I'm very clever,' said the Doctor. It was a good line, and he was determined to use it as much as possible. | Neil Gaiman |