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As she stood before Aragorn she paused suddenly and looked upon him, and her eyes were shining. And he looked down upon her fair face and smiled; but as he took the cup, his hand met hers, and he knew that she trembled

As she stood before Aragorn she paused suddenly and looked upon him, and her eyes were shining. And he looked down upon her fair face and smiled; but as he took the cup, his hand met hers, and he knew that she trembled at the touch.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Eye, Hands, Shining
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.361, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I am in fact a hobbit (in all but size). I like gardens, trees and unmechanized farmlands; I smoke a pipe, and like good plain food (unrefrigerated).

J. R. R. Tolkien
Garden, Tree, Dull Days
Letter to Deborah Webster, 25 Oct. 1958

The Sword of Elendil was forged anew by Elvish smiths, and on its blade was traced a device of seven stars set between the crescent Moon and rayed Sun, and about them was written many runes; for Aragorn son of Arathorn was going to war upon the marches of Mordor. Very bright was that sword when it was made whole again; the light of the sun shone redly in it, and the light of the moon shone cold, its edge was hard and keen. And Aragorn gave it a new name and called it Andúril, Flame of the West.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Stars, War, Son
J. R. R. TOLKIEN “THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING”

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? Good bye!

J. R. R. Tolkien
Morning, Sorry, Adventure

Under the Mountain dark and tall The King has come unto his hall! His foe is dead, the Worm of Dread, And ever so his foes shall fall. The sword is sharp, the spear is long, The arrow swift, the Gate is strong; The heart is bold that looks on gold; The dwarves no more shall suffer wrong. The dwarves of yore made mighty spells, While hammers fells like ringing bells In places deep, where dark things sleep, In hollow halls beneath the fells. -from The Hobbit (Dwarves Battle Song)

J. R. R. Tolkien
Song, Strong, Kings
J. R. R. Tolkien, “Over The Misty Mountains Cold”

Hush! Take no notice!" - Gandalf

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Hush

Who are you, Master?' he asked. 'Eh, what?' said Tom sitting up, and his eyes glinting in the gloom. 'Don't you know my name yet? That's the only answer. Tell me, who are you, alone, yourself and nameless?

J. R. R. Tolkien
Eye, Names, Sitting
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.101, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Then the voices of the Ainur, like unto harps and lutes, and pipes and trumpets, and viols and organs, and like unto countless choirs singing with words, began to fashipn the theme of Iluvatar to a great music; and a sound arose of endless interchanging melodies woven in harmony that passed beyond hearing into the depths and into the heights, and the places of the dwelling of Iluvatar were filled to overflowing, and the music and the echo of the music went out into the Void, and it was not void.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Echoes, Voice, Dwelling

I desired dragons with a profound desire. Of course, I in my timid body did not wish to have them in the neighborhood. But the world that contained even the imagination of Fáfnir was richer and more beautiful, at whatever the cost of peril.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Beautiful, Dragons, Profound
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “Tales from the Perilous Realm”, p.295, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

That was Thorin's style. He was an important dwarf. If he had been allowed, he would probably have gone on like this until he was out of breath, without telling anyone there anything that was not known already. But he was rudely interrupted.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Dwarves, Style, Important
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.15, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Alas, not me, lord!" she said. "Shadow lies on me still. Look not to me for healing! I am a shieldmaiden and my hand is ungentle.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Lying, Healing, Hands
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.939, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Here ends the SILMARILLION. If it has passed from the high and the beautiful to darkness and ruin, that was of old the fate of Arda Marred; and if any change shall come and the Marring be amended, Manwë and Varda may know; but they have not revealed it, and it is not declared in the dooms of Mandos.

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Beautiful, Fate, Darkness

I dislike allegory wherever I smell it.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Smell, Allegory, Dislike

Much of the same sort of degraded and filthy talk can still be heard among the orc-minded; dreary and repetitive with hatred and contempt, too long removed from good to retain even verbal vigour, save in the ears of those to whom only the squalid sounds strong.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Strong, Long, Hatred
J. R. R. Tolkien (1980). “The Lord of the Rings: The return of the King”

And the Ring is so heavy, Sam. I begin to see it in my mind all the time, like a great wheel of fire.

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Fire, Mind, Wheels
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.898, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

They must understand that – Elrond and the Council, and the great Lords and Ladies with all their wisdom. Their plans have gone wrong. I can't be their Ring-bearer. Not without Mr. Frodo.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Frodo, Rings, I Can
"The Lord of the Rings".

I don't see why the likes o' thee Without axin' leave should go makin' free With the shank or the shin o' my father's kin; So hand the old bone over! Rover! Trover! Though dead he be, it belongs to he; So hand the old bnone over!

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Father, Hands, Likes
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.153, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The realm of Suaron is ended!' said Gandalf. 'The Ring-bearer has fulfilled his Quest

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Quests, Said, Realms

What punishments of God are not gifts?

J. R. R. Tolkien
Punishment

There was a solemn article in the local paper seriously advocating systematic exterminating of the entire German nation as the only proper course after military victory: because, if you please, they are rattlesnakes, and don't know the difference between good and evil! (What of the writer?) The Germans have just as much right to declare the Poles and Jews exterminable vermin, subhuman, as we have to select the Germans: in other words, no right, whatever they have done.

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Military, Differences, Evil
J.R.R. Tolkien (2014). “The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien”, p.93, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I felt a curious thrill, as if something had stirred in me, half wakened from sleep. There was something very remote and strange and beautiful behind those words, if I could grasp it, far beyond ancient English.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Beautiful, Sleep, Thrill

Touching your cap to the Squire may be damn bad for the Squire, but it's damn good for you.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Touching, May, Caps

They arose in my mind as 'given' things, and as they came, separately, so too the links grew. An absorbing, though continually interrupted labour (especially, even apart from the necessities of life, since the mind would wing to the other pole and spread itself on the linguistics): yet always I had the sense of recording what was already 'there', somewhere: not of 'inventing'.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Wings, Mind, Links

For the rest, they shall represent the other Free Peoples of the World: Elves, Dwarves, and Men, Legolas shall be for the Elves; and Gimli son of Gloin for the Dwarves. They are willing to go at least to the passes of the Mountains, and maybe beyond. For Men you shall have Aragorn son of Arathorn, for the Ring of Isildur concerns him closely.

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Son, Men, Dwarves
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring". Book by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1954.

He was as noble and 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.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Summer, Wise, Strong
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.33, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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