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We were born in a dark age out of due time (for us). But there is this comfort: otherwise we should not know, or so much love, what we do love. I imagine the fish out of water is the only fish to have an inkling of

We were born in a dark age out of due time (for us). But there is this comfort: otherwise we should not know, or so much love, what we do love. I imagine the fish out of water is the only fish to have an inkling of water.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Dark, Water, Age
J.R.R. Tolkien (2014). “The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien”, p.64, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Do not scorn pity that is the gift of a gentle heart, Éowyn!

J. R. R. Tolkien
Heart, Pity, Gentle
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.649, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Are you in pain, Frodo?' said Gandalf quietly as he rode by Frodo's side. 'Well, yes I am,' said Frodo. 'It is my shoulder. The wound aches, and the memory of darkness is heavy on me. It was a year ago today.' 'Alas! there are some wounds that cannot be wholly cured,' said Gandalf. 'I fear it may be so with mine,' said Frodo. 'There is no real going back. Though I may come to the Shire, it will not seem the same; for I shall not be the same. I am wounded with knife, sting, and tooth, and a long burden. Where shall I find rest?' Gandalf did not answer.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Pain, Memories, Real

Elrond raised his eyes and looked at him, and Frodo felt his heart pierced by the sudden keenness of the glance. 'If I understand aright all that I have heard,' he said, 'I think that this task is appointed for you, Frodo; and that if you do not find a way, no one will.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Heart, Eye, Thinking
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.194, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The romantic chivalric tradition takes, or at any rate has in the past taken, the young man's eye off women as they are, as companions in shipwreck not guiding stars.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Stars, Taken, Eye

The King beneath the mountains, The King of carven stone, The lord of silver fountains Shall come into his own! His crown shall be upholden, His harp shall be restrung, His halls shall echo golden To songs of yore re-sung. The woods shall wave on mountains. And grass beneath the sun; His wealth shall flow in fountains And the rivers golden run. The streams shall run in gladness, The lakes shall shine and burn, And sorrow fail and sadness At the Mountain-king’s return!

J. R. R. Tolkien
Running, Song, Kings
J. R. R. Tolkien, “The King”

All shall love me and despair.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Despair
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.258, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The world was fair, the mountains tall In Elder Days before the fall.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Fall, Mountain, World
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Children of Húrin”, p.105, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

O! Where are you going With beards all a-wagging? No knowing, no knowing What brings Mister Baggins, And Balin and Dwalin down into the valley in June ha! ha!

J. R. R. Tolkien
June, Knowing, Valleys
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.25, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Faerie is a perilous land, and in it are pitfalls for the unwary, and dungeons for the overbold.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Land, Pitfalls, Dungeons
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “Tales from the Perilous Realm”, p.315, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The rule of no realm is mine. But all worthy things that are in peril as the world now stands, those are my care. And for my part, I shall not wholly fail in my task if anything that passes through this night can still grow fairer or bear fruit and flower again in days to come. For I too am a steward. Did you not know?

J. R. R. Tolkien
Courage, Flower, Inspiration

The war made me poignantly aware of the beauty of the world.

J. R. R. Tolkien
War, World, Christianity

Valour needs first strength, then a weapon.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Strength, Weapons, Firsts

After some while Bilbo became impatient. "Well, what is it?" he said. "The answer's not a kettle boiling over, as you seem to think by the noise you are making.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Thinking, Boiling Over, Answers
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.46, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Bilbo saw that the moment had come when he must do something.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Saws, Moments
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition”, p.181, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Many are the strange chances of the world, and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Life, Wise, Hope
"The Silmarillion". Book by J. R. R. Tolkien, 1977.

A year shall I endure for every day that passes until your return.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Years, Return, Endure
"The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings".

To be a cult figure in one's own lifetime is most unpleasant.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Lifetime, Figures, Cult

You will notice already that Mr. Baggins was not quite so prosy as he liked to believe, also that he was very fond of flowers.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Believe, Flower
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.10, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

His rage passes description - the sort of rage that is only seen when rich folk that have more than they can enjoy suddenly lose something that they have long had but have never before used or wanted.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Long, Rich, Rage
J R R Tolkien (1973). “The Hobbit: The Enchanting Prelude to The Lord of the Rings”

And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite. For he that attempteth this shall prove but mine instrument in the devising of things more wonderful, which he himself hath not imagined.

J. R. R. Tolkien
May, Wonderful, Source
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Silmarillion”, p.18, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Dark, World, Lord Of The Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.246, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

It is ever so with the things that Men begin: there is a frost in Spring, or a blight in Summer, and they fail of their promise.

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Summer, Spring, Men
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.855, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Truly songs and tales fall utterly short of the reality, O Smaug the Chiefest and greatest of Calamities.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Song, Fall, Reality
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.89, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Gandalf: Three hundred lives of men I have walked this earth and now I have no time.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Men, Age, Three
"Fictional character: Gandalf". "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ", www.imdb.com. 2002.

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