In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
J. R. R. TOLKIENIn a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
J. R. R. TOLKIENHis grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
J. R. R. TOLKIENThe world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.
J. R. R. TOLKIENI am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
J. R. R. TOLKIENWhat a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
J. R. R. TOLKIENAnd then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
J. R. R. TOLKIENHe that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
J. R. R. TOLKIENThere is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.
J. R. R. TOLKIENIt is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
J. R. R. TOLKIENI wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
J. R. R. TOLKIENNot all those who wander are lost.
J. R. R. TOLKIENWhere there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles.
J. R. R. TOLKIENIt’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.
J. R. R. TOLKIENI am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me.
J. R. R. TOLKIENDon’t go where I can’t follow!
J. R. R. TOLKIENNo Victory Without Suffering
J. R. R. TOLKIEN