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A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.

A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Mines, Shorthand

Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes. Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Wise, Running, Giving
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.69, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Yes, I am white now,' said Gandalf. 'Indeed I am Saruman, one might almost say, Saruman as he should have been.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Should Have, White, Might
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.484, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Clap! Snap! the black crack! Grip, grab! Pinch, nab! And down down to Goblin-town You go, my lad! Clash, crash! Crush, smash! Hammer and tongs! Knocker and gongs! Pound, pound, far underground! Ho, ho! my lad! Swish, smack! Whip crack! Batter and beat! Yammer and bleat! Work, work! Nor dare to shirk, While Goblins quaff, and Goblins laugh, Round and round far underground Below, my lad!

J. R. R. Tolkien
Crush, Laughing, Black
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.39, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

If you mean you think it is my job to go into the secret passage first, O Thorin Thrain’s son Oakenshield, may your beard grow ever longer,” he said crossly, “say so at once and have done!

J. R. R. Tolkien
Jobs, Mean, Son
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.114, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The wolf that one hears is worse than the orc that one fears.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Orcs
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.213, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Fare well we call to hearth and hall Though wind may blow and rain may fall We must away ere break of day Over the wood and mountain tall To Rivendell where Elves yet dwell In glades beneath the misty fell Through moor and waste we ride in haste And wither then we cannot tell With foes ahead behind us dread Beneath the sky shall be our bed Until at last our toil be sped Our journey done, our errand sped We must away! We must away! We ride before the break of day!

J. R. R. Tolkien
Rain, Fall, Blow
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.84, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Hobbits are an unobtrusive but very ancient people, more numerous formerly than they are today; for they love peace and quiet and good tilled earth: a well-ordered and well-farmed countryside was their favourite haunt.

J. R. R. Tolkien
People, Earth, Today
1954 The Fellowship of the Ring, prologue.

Creative fantasy, because it is mainly trying to do something else ... may open your hoard and let all the locked things fly away like cage-birds.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Creative, Bird, Trying
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “Tales from the Perilous Realm”, p.374, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

In one thing you have not changed, dear friend," said Aragorn: "you still speak in riddles." "What? In riddles?" said Gandalf. "No! For I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to; the long explanations needed by the young are wearying.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Talking, Long, Speak
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.485, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

So, though there was still some store of weapons in the Shire, these were used mostly as trophies, hanging above hearths or on walls, or gathered into the museum at Michel Delving. The Mathom-house it was called; for anything that Hobbits had no immediate use for, but were unwilling to throw away, they called a mathom. Their dwellings were apt to become rather crowded with mathoms, and many of the presents that passed from hand to hand were of that sort.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Wall, Dwelling, Museums
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.19, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been measured. But my time is coming.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Evil, World, My Time
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.162, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Chip the glasses and crack the plates! / Blunt the knives and bend the forks! / That's what Bilbo Baggins hates.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Hate, Glasses, Knives
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition”, p.44, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Advice, Fellowship Of The Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.69, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I wonder if people will ever say, 'Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring.' And they'll say 'Yes, that's one of my favorite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn't he, Dad?' 'Yes, my boy, the most famousest of hobbits. And that's saying a lot.'

J. R. R. Tolkien
Dad, Boys, People
"Fictional character: Sam". "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", www.imdb.com. December 5, 2002.

Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Kings, Roots, Fantasy Novels
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.180, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

And yet their wills did not yield, and they struggled on.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Yield
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.918, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Yet at the last Beren was slain by the Wolf that came from the gates of Angband, and he died in the arms of Tinúviel. But she chose mortality, and to die from the world, so that she might follow him; and it is sung that they met again beyond the Sundering Seas, and after a brief time walking alive once more in the green woods, together they passed, long ago, beyond the confines of this world. So it is that Lúthien Tinúviel alone of the Elf-kindred has died indeed and left the world, and they have lost her whom they most loved.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Long Ago, Sea, Together
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.144, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

He is not half through yet, and to what he will come in the end not even Elrond can foretell. Not to evil, I think. He may become like a glass filled with a clear light for eyes to see that can.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Eye, Thinking, Glasses
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.164, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

What did I tell you, Mr. Pippin?' said Sam, sheathing his sword. 'Wolves won't get him. That was an eye-opener, and no mistake! Nearly singed the hair off my head!

J. R. R. Tolkien
Mistake, Eye, Hair
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.213, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

But fear no more! I would not take this thing, if it lay by the highway. Not were Minas Tirith falling in ruin and I alone could save her, so, using the weapon of the Dark Lord for her good and my glory. No, I do not wish for such triumphs, Frodo son of Drogo.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Fall, Son, Dark
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.656, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

There was some murmuring, but also some grins on the faces of the men looking on: the sight of their Captain sitting on the ground and eye to eye with a young hobbit, legs well apart, bristling with wrath, was one beyond their experience.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Eye, Men, Wrath
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.454, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Saruman," I said, standing away from him, "only one hand at a time can weild the One, and you know that well, so do not trouble to say we!

J. R. R. Tolkien
Hands, Trouble, Said
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.187, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Seek for the Sword that was broken In Imladris it dwells; There shall be counsels taken Stronger than Morgul-spells. There shall be shown a token That Doom is near at hand, For Isuldur's Bane shall waken, And the halfling forth shall stand.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Taken, Hands, Broken
J. R. R. TOLKIEN “THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING”

If you're referring to the incident with the dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Uncles, Doors, Dragons
"Fictional character: Gandalf". "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", en.wikiquote.org. 2001.

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