J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes - Page 22

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• We are truth-speakers, we men of Gondor. We boast seldom, and then perform, or die in the attempt. "Not if I found it on the highway would I take it," I said. Even if I were such a man as to desire this thing, and even though I knew not clearly what this thing was when I spoke, still I should take those words as a vow, and be held by them.

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  Men, Desire, Gondor

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.464, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• No onslaught more fierce was ever seen in the savage world of beasts, where some desperate small creature armed with little teeth, alone, will spring upon a tower of horn and hide that stands above its fallen mate.

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  Spring, Teeth, Savages

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.495, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• These folk are hewers of trees and hunters of beasts; therefore we are their unfriends, and if they will not depart we shall afflict them in all ways that we can." -- The Silmarllion, JRR Tolkien

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  Tree, Hunters, Way

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• Well, you have now, Sam, dear Sam,' said Frodo, and he lay back in Sam's gentle arms, closing his eyes, like a child at rest when night-fears are driven away by some loved voice or hand. Sam felt that he could sit like that in endless happiness.

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  Children, Eye, Night

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.116, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Of the twelve companions of Thorin, ten remained. Fili and Kili had fallen defending him with shield and body, for he was their mother’s elder brother.

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  Mother, Brother, Twelve

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.153, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I am wholly in favour of 'dull stodges'. A surprising large proportion prove 'educable': for which a primary qualification is the willingness to do work.

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  Dull, Favour, Proportion

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• But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Memories

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.264, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Those were happier days, when there was still close friendship at times between folk of different race, even between Dwarves and Elves.' It was not the fault of the Dwarves that the friendship waned,' said Gimli. I have not heard that it was the fault of the Elves,' said Legolas. I have heard both,' said Gandalf[.]

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  Race, Dwarves, Faults

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.216, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I'll get there, if I leave everything but my bones behind," said Sam. "And I'll carry Mr. Frodo up myself, if it breaks my back and heart.

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  Heart, Bones, Frodo

  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

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• Don't dip your beard in the foam, Father!" They cried to Thorin. "It is long enough without watering it!

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  Father, Long, Foam

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.32, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill for time out of mind, and people considered them very respectable, not only because most of them were rich, but also because they never had any adventures or did anything unexpected: you could tell what a Baggins would say on any question without the bother of asking him.

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  Adventure, People, Mind

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.8, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• What punishments of God are not gifts?

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  Punishment

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• Have you thought of an ending?' 'Yes , several, and all are dark and unpleasant,' said Frodo. 'Oh , that won't do!' said Bilbo. 'Books ought to have good endings. How would this do: and they all settled down and lived together happily ever after?' 'It will do well, if it ever comes to that,' said Frodo.

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  Book, Dark, Together

  "The Lord of the Rings: One Volume".

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• There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid folk like you and me come blundering along, making a noise like elephants which they can hear a mile off.

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  Stupid, Elephants, Magic

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.8, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Don't the great tales never end?" "No, they never end as tales," said Frodo. "But the people in them come, and go when their part's ended. Our part will end later – or sooner.

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  People, Frodo, Ends

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.697, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Ónen i-estel edain, ú-chebin estel anim. (I gave Hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept none for myself.) (Gilraen's linnod)

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• That's what I meant,' said Pippin. 'We hobbits ought to stick together, and we will. I shall go, unless they chain me up. There must be someone with intelligence in the party.

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  Party, Together, Sticks

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.195, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made.

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  Firsts, Holy, Made

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Silmarillion”, p.17, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• He told them tales of bees and flowers, the ways of trees, and the strange creatures of the Forest, about the evil things and the good things, things friendly and things unfriendly, cruel things and kind things, and secrets hidden under brambles.

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  Flower, Evil, Tree

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.100, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding on to something.... That there's some good in the world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for.

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  Fighting, Towers, Stories

  "Fictional character: Sam". "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", 2002.

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• Shall we mourn here deedless forever a shadow-folk mist-haunting dropping vain tears in the thankless sea

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  Sea, Forever, Shadow

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Silmarillion”, p.60, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• 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.

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  Beautiful, Dragons, Profound

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

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• 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!

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  Morning, Sorry, Adventure

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• Then Elrond and Galadriel rode on; for the Third Age was over and the Days of the Rings were passed and an end was come of the story and song of those times.

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  Song, Age, Stories

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.691, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Hush! Take no notice!" - Gandalf

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  Hush

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