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On their deathbed men will speak true, they say.

On their deathbed men will speak true, they say.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Men, Speak, Deathbed
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth”, p.91, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

There was a fire in the wide hearth before them, and it was burning with a sweet smell, as if it were built of apple-wood.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Sweet, Smell, Apples
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.96, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

And what would you do, if an uninvited dwarf came and hung his things up in your hall without a word of explanation?

J. R. R. Tolkien
Dwarves, Explanation, Halls
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.7, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter sown, And through the merry flowers of June, Over grass and over stone, And under mountains of the moon. Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star, Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar. Eyes that fire and sword have seen And horror in the halls of stone Look at last on meadows green And trees and hills they long have known

J. R. R. Tolkien
Stars, Flower, Eye
J. R. R. Tolkien, “Roads Go Ever On”

Memory is not what the heart desires.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Memories, Heart, Desire
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.267, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

For it is easier to shout 'Stop', than to do it

J. R. R. Tolkien
Easier
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.463, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Your talk of sniffling riders with invisible noses has unsettled me.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Noses, Invisible, Riders

Then, Éowyn of Rohan, I say to you that you are beautiful. In the valleys of our hills there are flowers fair and bright, and maidens fairer still; but neither flower nor lady have I seen till now in Gondor so lovely, and so sorrowful. It may be that only a few days are left ere darkness falls upon our world, and when it comes I hope to face it steadily; but it would ease my heart, if while the Sun yet shines, I could see you still. For you and I have both passed under the wings of the Shadow, and the same hand drew us back.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Beautiful, Flower, Fall

There are other men, and other lives, and time still to be.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Men, Life And Time, Stills
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.795, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Green are the leaves I leave in Mirkwood.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Green

Then holding the star aloft and the bright sword advanced, Frodo, hobbit of the Shire, walked steadily down to meet the eyes.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Stars, Eye, Frodo
J.R.R. Tolkien (1973). “The Lord of the Rings part two the Two Towers”

Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I go To heal my heart and drown my woe Rain may fall, and wind may blow And many miles be still to go But under a tall tree will I lie And let the clouds go sailing by

J. R. R. Tolkien
Lying, Drinking, Rain
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.72, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

A great dread fell on him, as if he was awaiting the pronouncement of some doom that he had long foreseen and vainly hoped might after all never be spoken. An overwhelming longing to rest and remain at peace by Bilbo's side in Rivendell filled all his heart. At last with an effort he spoke, and wondered to hear his own words, as if some other will was using his small voice. "I will take the Ring," he said, "though I do not know the way.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Heart, Voice, Long
The Fellowship of the Ring bk. 2, ch. 2 (1954)

His love for Frodo rose above all other thoughts, and forgetting his peril he cried aloud: 'I'm coming Mr. Frodo!

J. R. R. Tolkien
Rose, His Love, Forget
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.879, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

It matters little who is the enemy, if we cannot beat off his attack.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Enemy, Littles, Matter
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.207, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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 the voices in the Lost Isle calling, In Eressea, in Elvenhome that no man can discover, Where the leaves fall not: land of my people forever!

J. R. R. Tolkien
Sweet, Lonely, Fall
J. R. R. Tolkien, “The Sea”

I cannot,' said Merry. 'I have never seen them. I have never been outside of my own land before. And if I had known what the world outside was like, I don't think I should have had the heart to leave it.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Heart, Thinking, Should Have
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.246, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Dark, White, Fire
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.346, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Perilous to us all are the devices of an art deeper than we possess ourselves.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Art, Two Towers, Deeper
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.409, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Things are drawing towards the end now, unless I am mistaken. There is an unpleasant time just in front of you; but keep your heart up!

J. R. R. Tolkien
Heart, Drawing, Ends
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.110, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

It is mine, I tell you. My own. My precious. Yes, my precious.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Mines, My Own
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition”, p.334, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

And here he was, a little halfling from the Shire, a simple hobbit of the quiet countryside, expected to find a way where the great ones could not go, or dared not go. It was an evil fate.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Fate, Simple, Evil
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.440, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.

J. R. R. Tolkien
And Love, Want, Eowyn
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.943, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I wish life was not so short. Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Life, Book, Beer
"The Lost Road and Other Writings". Book by J. R. R. Tolkien. Chapter: "Alboin Errol", 1987.

Art is the human process that produces by the way (it is not its only or ultimate object) Secondary Belief.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Art, Way, Belief
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “Tales from the Perilous Realm”, p.306, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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