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| 1353412 | And the others were thinking equally gloomy thoughts, although when they had said good-bye to Elrond in the high hope of a midsummer morning, they' had spoken gaily of the passage of the mountains, and of riding swift across the lands beyond. They had thought of coming to the secret door in the Lonely Mountain, perhaps that very next first moon of Autumn - 'and perhaps it will be Durin's Day' they had said. Only Gandalf had shaken his head .. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 9a22317 | Deseo salir y ver las montanas enormes, y oir los pinos y las cascadas, y explorar las cavernas, y llevar una espada en vez de un baston. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 147e475 | Ring a ding dillo del! derry, del, my hearties! If you come soon you'll find breakfast on the table. If you come late you'll get grass and rain-water! | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 62fef10 | He led the way in under the huge branches of the trees. Old beyond guessing, they seemed. Great trailing beards of lichen hung from them, blowing and swaying in the breeze. Out of the shadows, the hobbits peeped, gazing back down the slope: little furtive figures that in the dim light looked like elf-children in the deeps of time peering out of the Wild Wood in wonder at their first Dawn. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 59d1f9f | Those of the Elven-race that lived still in Middle-earth waned and faded, and Men usurped the sunlight. Then the Quendi wandered in the lonely places of the great lands and the isles, and took to the moonlight and the starlight, and to the woods and caves, becoming as shadows and memories, save those who ever and anon set sail into the West and vanished from Middle-earth. | endings fading first-age middle-earth quendi tolkien | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| 8e0a8ae | It is a fair tale, though it is sad, as are all the takes of Middle-earth, and yet it may lift up your hearts. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 4ecbf78 | 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 | ||
| c530360 | Ride, ride to ruin and the world's ending! | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 6558063 | Frodo gave a cry, and there he was, fallen upon his knees at the chasm's edge. But Gollum, dancing like a mad thing, held aloft the ring, a finger still thrust within its circle. | gollum j-r-r-tolkien sam the-return-of-the-king the-ring | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| 267293c | Vivant sans souffle, Froid comme la mort, Jamais assoiffe, toujours buvant, En cotte de mailles, jamais cliquetant. (Le poisson) | mystery riddle | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| e9e7f29 | Is everything sad going to come untrue?' asks Sam[wise Gamgee]. Here we find, beyond all imagination, the deepest source of hope for the human story. For when the King is revealed, 'there will be no more night.' The Shadow will finally and forever be lifted from the earth. The Great War will be won. This King, who brings strength and healing in His hands, will make everything sad come untrue. | Joseph Loconte | ||
| d6c524c | Not fitting is it that the Elder Children of Iluvatar should wed the Younger; nor is it wise, for they are brief, and soon pass, to leave us in widowhood while the world lasts. Neither will fate suffer it, unless it be once or twice only, for some high cause of doom that we do not perceive. But this man is not Beren, even if he be both as fair and as brave. A doom lies on him; a dark doom. Enter not into it! And if you will, your love shall.. | elves hurin turin | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| ef403dc | For it is said in old lore, 'The hands of the king are the hands of a healer.' And so the rightful king could ever be known. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 391720d | The teacher-student relationship evaporated, replaced by a rich and lively exchange of equals. | maturation | Philip Zaleski | |
| 3df5ea0 | wonder if we shall ever be put into songs or tales. We're in one, of course; but I mean: put into words, you know, told by the fireside, or read out of a great big book with red and black letters, years and years afterwards. And people will say: "Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring!" And they'll say: "Yes, that's one of my favourite stories. Frodo was very brave, wasn't he, dad?" "Yes, my boy, the famousest of the hobbits, and that's saying.. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 232941c | Words are catch-basins of experience, fingerprints and footprints of the past that the literary detective may scrutinize in order to sleuth out the history of human consciousness. | leadership linguistics motivation rhetoric word-choice | Philip Zaleski | |
| 69a5b60 | No great leap for a man, but a leap in the dark. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 1ab5654 | The Doom (or the Gift) of Men is mortality, freedom from the circles of the world. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 880715b | Few now remember them,' Tom murmured, 'yet still some go wandering, sons of forgotten kings walking in loneliness, guarding from evil things folk that are heedless. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 1baf3e7 | Often does hatred hurt itself! | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| bc6420f | Sorry! I don't want any adventures, thank you. Not today. Good morning! But please come to tea--any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Come tomorrow! Good | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 80d74e4 | Sleepiness seemed to be creeping out of the ground and up their legs, and falling softly out of the air upon theirheads and eyes. | sleep the-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 | |
| 7c9a7e6 | Young she was and yet not so. The braids of her dark hair were touched by no frost; her white arms and clear face were flawless and smooth, and the light of stars was in her bright eyes, grey as a cloudless night; yet queenly she looked, and thought and knowledge were in her glance, as of one who has known many things that the years bring. | the-lord-of-the-rings | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| b98e425 | One of its sources [Leaf by Niggle] was a great-limbed poplar tree that I could see even lying in bed. It was suddenly lopped and mutilated by its owner, I do not know why. It is cut down now, a less barbarous punishment for any crimes it might have been accused of, such as being large and alive. I do not think it had any friends, or any mourners, except myself and a pair of owls. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| cd02391 | Wonderful folk, Elves, sir! Wonderful!' 'They are,' said Frodo. 'Do you like them still, now you have had a closer view? | frodo j-r-r-tolkien sam the-lord-of-the-rings | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| aebe7bb | 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. His song in the Tower had been defiance rather than hope; for then he was thinking of himself. Now, for a moment, his own fate, and even his master's, ceased to trouble him. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| f5a7430 | No!" said Thorin. "There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. But sad or merry, I must leave it now. Farewell!" | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 9d98b88 | An honest hand and a true heart may hew amiss; and the harm may be harder to bear than the work of a foe. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 90529fe | Both [Tolkien and C.S. Lewis] regarded twentieth-century modernization as a threat to human societies because they viewed the natural world as the handiwork of God and thus integral to human happiness. | Joseph Loconte | ||
| 5aba3af | Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| abd1182 | Some who have read the book, or at any rate reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible; and I have no reason to complain, since I have similar opinions of their work, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| ef3bf9b | Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do no be too eager to deal out death in judgment. | mercy | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| 55dc4ef | Mi armadura es como diez escudos, mis dientes son espadas, mis garras lanzas, mi cola un rayo, mis alas un huracan, y mi aliento muerte! | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 14f4cdb | The main mark of modern governments is that we do not know who governs, de facto any more than de jure. We see the politician and not his backer; still less the backer of the backer; or, what is most important of all, the banker of the backer. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 84d6db8 | They have left us fruit and drink, and bread,' said Pippin. 'Come and have your breakfast. The bread tastes almost as good as it did last night. I did not want to leave you any, but Sam insisted. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 39f2840 | The excitement of creating is followed by desperate self-doubt. Courage and inspiration compete with discouragement and despair. | Diana Pavlac Glyer | ||
| dce9ce2 | If the elf-king had a weakness it was for treasure, especially for silver and white gems; and though his hoard was rich, he was ever eager for more, since he had not yet as great a treasure as other elf-lords of old. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| b103865 | My Precioussss! -Gollum | humor j-r-r-tolkien movie precious the-hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| 8ec88ed | Courage is found in unlikely places,' said Gildor. 'Be of good hope! | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 7c59fd6 | I am in too great doubt to rule. To prepare or to let be? To prepare for war, which is yet only guessed: train craftsmen and tillers in the midst of peace for bloodspilling and battle: put iron in the hands of greedy captains who will love only conquest, and count the slain as their glory? Will they say to Eru: "At least your enemies were amongst them?" Or to fold hands, while friends die unjustly: let men live in blind peace, until the rav.. | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 8029565 | For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day! | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| 580f417 | Less doth yearning trouble him who knoweth many songs, or with his hands can touch the harp: his possession is his gift of glee which God gave him. | exeter-book translation | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| 5ad40e8 | He floated by them, and slowly his boat departed, waning to a dark spot against the golden light; and then suddenly it vanished. Rauros roared on unchanging. The River had taken Boromir son of Denethor, and he was not seen again in Minas Tirith, standing as he used to stand upon the White Tower in the morning. But in Gondor in after-days it long was said that the elven-boat rode the falls and the foaming pool, and bore him down through Osgi.. | J.R.R. Tolkien |