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My friend, you had horses, and deed of arms, and the free fields; but she, being born in the body of a maid, had a spirit and courage at least the match of yours. Yet she was doomed to wait upon an old man, whom she

My friend, you had horses, and deed of arms, and the free fields; but she, being born in the body of a maid, had a spirit and courage at least the match of yours. Yet she was doomed to wait upon an old man, whom she loved as a father, and watch him falling into a mean dishonoured dotage; and her part seemed to her more ignoble than that of the staff he leaned on. -Gandalf to Eomer, of Eowyn

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Horse, Father, Fall
J. R. R. Tolkien (1994). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, Thorndike Pr

Let him go, you filth! Let him go! You will not touch him again!

J. R. R. Tolkien
Filth, Samwise Gamgee, Let Him Go
"Fictional character: Sam". "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", www.imdb.com. 2003.

And what do you wish?' he said at last. 'That what should be shall be,' she answered.

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

It would be the death of you to come with me, Sam," said Frodo, "and I could not have borne that." "Not as certain as being left behind," said Sam. "But I am going to Mordor." "I know that well enough, Mr. Frodo. Of course you are. And I'm coming with you.

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Would Be, Samwise Gamgee, Frodo
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.286, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

If you have ever seen a dragon in a pinch, you will realize that this was only poetical exaggeration applied to any hobbit, even to Old Took's great-granduncle Bullroarer, who was so huge (for a hobbit) that he could ride a horse. He charged the ranks of the goblins of Mount Gram in the Battle of the Green Fields, and knocked their king Golfibul's head clean off with a wooden club. It sailed a hundred yards through the air and went down a rabbit-hole, and in this way the battle was won and the game of Golf was invented at the same moment.

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Horse, Kings, Golf
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.11, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Farewell sweet earth and northern sky, for ever blest, since here did lie and here with lissom limbs did run beneath the Moon, beneath the Sun, Lúthien Tinúviel more fair than Mortal tongue can tell. Though all to ruin fell the world and were dissolved and backward hurled; unmade into the old abyss, yet were its making good, for this - the dusk, the dawn, the earth, the sea - that Lúthien for a time should be.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Running, Sweet, Lying

And thus it came to pass that the Silmarils found their long homes: one in the airs of heaven, and one in the fires of the heart of the world, and one in the deep waters.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Home, Heart, Fire

Gil-galad was an Elven-king. Of him the harpers sadly sing: the last whose realm was fair and free between the Mountains and the Sea. His sword was long, his lance was keen, his shining helm afar was seen; the countless stars of heaven's field were mirrored in his silver shield. But long ago he rode away, and where he dwelleth none can say; for into darkness fell his star in Mordor where the shadows are.

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Kings, Stars, Long Ago
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.139, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Supernatural is a dangerous and difficult word in any of its senses, looser or stricter. But to fairies it can hardly be applied, unless super is taken merely as a superlative prefix. For it is man who is, in contrast to fairies, supernatural; whereas they are natural, far more natural than he. Such is their doom.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Taken, Men, Fairy

Sleep! I feel the need of it, as never I thought any dwarf could , riding is tiring work. Yet my axe is restless in my hand. Give me a row of orc-necks and room to swing and all weariness will fall from me!

J. R. R. Tolkien
Fear, Fall, Sleep
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.367, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

That was the most awkward Wednesday he ever remembered.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Awkward, Wednesday, Remembered
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.12, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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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Adventure, Dragons, Laughing
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.121, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

If thou hadst thy will what wouldst thou reserve?" said Manwe. "Of all thy realm what dost thou hold dearest?" All have their worth," said Yavanna, "and each contributes to the worth of the others. But the kelvar can flee or defend themselves, whereas the olvar that grow cannot. And among these I hold trees dear. Long in the growing, swift shall they be in the felling, and unless they pay toll with fruit upon their bough little mourned in their passing. So I see in my thought, would that the trees might speak on behalf of all things that have roots, and punish those that wrong them!

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Roots, Long, Tree
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Silmarillion”, p.35, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Ho! Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadillo! By water, wood and hill, by reed and willow, By fire, sun and moon, harken now and hear us! Come, Tom Bombadil, for our need is near us!

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Moon, Fire, Water
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.108, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

And then alas! I let the matter reset, watching and waiting only, as we have too often done.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Waiting, Done, Matter

I can put it no plainer than by saying that Bilbo was meant to find the Ring, and not by its maker. In which case you also were meant to have it. And that may be an encouraging thought.

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May, Makers, Cases
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.51, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Venice seemed incredibly lovely, elvishly lovely--to me like a dream of Old Gondor, or Pelargir of the Numenorean Ships, before the return of the Shadow.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Dream, Venice, Lovely

And then all the host of Rohan burst into song, and they sang as they slew, for the joy of battle was on them, and the sound of their singing that was fair and terrible came even to the City.

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Song, Cities, Joy
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.567, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

My dear Frodo!’ exclaimed Gandalf. ‘Hobbits really are amazing creatures, as I have said before. You can learn all that there is to know about their ways in a month, and yet after a hundred years they can still surprise you at a pinch.

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Years, Way, Months
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.55, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

My advice to all who have the time or inclination to concern themselves with the international language movement would be: 'Back Esperanto loyally.'

J. R. R. Tolkien
Advice, Esperanto, Would Be
"A Philologist on Esperanto". The British Esperantist, May 1932.

The dwarves of course are quite obviously, couldn't you say that in many ways they remind you of the Jews? Their words are Semitic obviously, constructed to be Semitic. Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects (in general) the small reach of their imagination - not the small reach of their courage or latent power.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Dwarves, People, Imagination
Source: www.tolkienlibrary.com

In that hour of trial it was the love of his master that helped most to hold him firm; but also deep down in him lived still unconquered his plain hobbit-sense: he knew in the core of his heart that he was not large enough to bear such a burden, even if such visions were not a mere cheat to betray him.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Heart, Vision, Trials
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.881, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Indeed you did your best...I hope that it may be long before you find yourself in such a tight corner again between two such terrible old men. ~ Gandalf to Pippin

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Men, Two, Long
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.742, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it's no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won't come.

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Worry, Tomorrow, Hopeless
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.893, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Now and again he spoke to those that served him and thanked them in their own language. They smiled at him and said laughing: 'Here is a jewel among hobbits!

J. R. R. Tolkien
Jewels, Laughing, Language
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.66, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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