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“All that is gold does not glitter,Not all those who wander are lost;The old that is strong does not wither,Deep roots a...
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to ...
“Courage is found in unlikely places.”
“I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is ...
“He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”
“Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, ...
“Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's risingI came singing into the sun, sword unsheathing.To hope's end I rode and to...
“You can trust us to stick to you through thick and thin – to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of...
“We all long for Eden, and we are constantly glimpsing it: our whole nature at its best and least corrupted, its gentles...
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
“Never laugh at live dragons.”
“Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this m...
“What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked."A cage," [Éowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept the...
“All that is gold does not glitter,Not all those who wander are lost.”
“There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure....
“But it does not seem that I can trust anyone,' said Frodo.Sam looked at him unhappily. 'It all depends on what you want...
“All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men have died in battle and...
“Courage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand-—that and such hope as I bring.”
“This is the ending. Now not day only shall be beloved, but night too shall be beautiful and blessed and all its fear pa...
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo."So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such t...
“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
“Still round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gateAnd though I oft have passed them byA day will come at ...
“Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I goTo heal my heart and drown my woeRain may fall, and wind may blowAnd many miles be still ...
“In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.”
“It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.”
“Ónen i-estel edain, ú-chebin estel anim.(I gave Hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept none for myself.)(Gilraen's linnod)”
“It is said by the Eldar that in water there lives yet the echo of the Music of the Ainur more than in any substance tha...
“Have you thought of an ending?""Yes, several, and all are dark and unpleasant.""Oh, that won't do! Books ought to have ...
“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and thou...
“I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.”
“For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing...
“Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.”
“It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.”
“And the ship went out into the High Sea and passed into the West, until at last on a night of rain Frodo smelled a swee...
“My armor is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a ...
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