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• But Sam turned to Bywater, and so came back up the Hill, as day was ending once more. And he went on, and there was yellow light, and fire within; and the evening meal was ready, and he was expected. And Rose drew him in, and set him in his chair, and put little Elanor upon his lap. He drew a deep breath. ‘Well, I’m back,’ he said

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  Yellow, Fire, Light

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

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• I have the hatred of apartheid in my bones.

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  Hatred, Bones, Apartheid

  Valedictory address to the University of Oxford, 1959.

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• Help means ruin and saving means slaying.

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  Mean, Saving, Ruins

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.565, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Mind your P's and Q's.

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  Mind

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.116, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I dislike allegory wherever I smell it.

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  Smell, Allegory, Dislike

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• Escaping goblins to be caught by wolves!” he said, and it became a proverb, though we now say ‘out of the frying-pan into the fire’ in the same sort of uncomfortable situations.

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  Fire, Escaping, Uncomfortable Situations

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.44, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking.

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  Drinking, Alive, Mail

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.47, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• 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!

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  Crush, Laughing, Black

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

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• I have never had much confidence in my own work, and even now when I am assured (still much to my grateful surprise) that it has value for other people, I feel diffident, reluctant as it were to expose my world of imagination to possibly contemptuous eyes and ears.

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  Grateful, Eye, People

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2014). “The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien”, p.366, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees Up, up it goes, And yet never grows? A mountain.

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  Roots, Tree, Mountain

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.45, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• 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

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• 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.

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  Strong, Long, Hatred

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

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• But it seems that the wind is setting East, and the withering of all Woods may be drawing near.

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  Wind, Drawing, East

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.461, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Look, up at the sky. There is a light, a beauty up there, that no shadow can touch

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  Light, Sky, Shadow

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• Splendid! They used to go up like great lilies and snapdragons and laburnums of fire and hang in the twilight all evening!

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  Flower, Twilight, Fire

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.10, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• They hammered on the outer gate and called, but there was at first no answer; and then to their surprise someone blew a horn, and the lights in the windows went out. A voice shouted in the dark: 'Who's that? Be off! You can't come in. Can't you read the notice: No admittance between sundown and sunrise?' 'Of course we can't read the notice in the dark,' Sam shouted back. 'And if hobbits of the Shire are to be kept out in the wet on a night like this, I'll tear down your notice when I find it.

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  Dark, Night, Light

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

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

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  Touching, May, Caps

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• 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.

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  Stars, War, Son

  J. R. R. TOLKIEN “THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING”

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• 'Nonetheless day will bring hope to me,' said Aragorn. 'Is it not said that no foe has ever taken the Hornburg, if men defended it?' 'So the minstrels say,' said Éomer. 'Then let us defend it, and hope!' said Aragorn.

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  Taken, Men, Said

  "The Lord of the Rings: One Volume".

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• 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?

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  Eye, Names, Sitting

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

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• Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed. (Of Sam)

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  Long, Despair, Cheerful

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.436, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Oh! That was poetry!" said Pippin. "Do you really mean to start before the break of day?

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  Mean, Break, Said

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

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• The woman turned and went slowly into the house. As she passed the doors she turned and looked back. Grave and thoughtful was her glance, as she looked on the king with cool pity in here eyes. Very fair was her face, and her long hair was like a river of gold. Slender and tall she was in her white robe girt with silver; but strong she seemed and stern as steel, a daughter of kings.

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  Daughter, Strong, Kings

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.73, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• He raised his staff. There was a roll of thunder. The sunlight was blotted out from the eastern windows; the whole hall became suddenly dark as night. The fire faded to sullen embers. Only Gandalf could be seen, standing white and tall before the blackened hearth.

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  Dark, Night, Fire

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.355, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Then Morgoth stretching out his long arm towards Dor-lomin cursed Hurin and Morwen and their offspring, saying: 'Behold! The shadow of my thought shall lie upon them wherever they go, and my hate shall pursue them to the ends of the world.

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  Hate, Lying, Long

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth”, p.46, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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