The realm of Suaron is ended!' said Gandalf. 'The Ring-bearer has fulfilled his Quest.

You have nice manners for a thief and a liar," said the dragon..

Take now this Ring,' he said; 'for thy labours and thy cares will be heavy, but in all it will support thee and defend thee from weariness. For this ….

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, san….

Fairy tale does not deny the existence of sorrow and failure: the possibility of these is necessary to the joy of deliverance. It denies (in the face….

I give you this toast: To the Hobbits. May they outlast the Sarumans and see spring again in the trees..

Farewell, and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you. May the stars shine upon your faces!.

I can put it no plainer than by saying that Bilbo was meant to find the Ring, and not by its maker. In which case you also were meant to have it. And….

We may stand, if only on one leg, or at least be left still upon our knees..

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….

We don't want any adventures here! You might try over the Hill or Across the Water..

Trolls simply detest the very sight of dwarves (uncooked)..

Help means ruin and saving means slaying..

One writes such a story [The Lord of the Rings] not out of the leaves of trees still to be observed, nor by means of botany and soil-science; but it ….

There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and….

For the trouble with the real folk of Faerie is that they do not always look like what they are; and they put on the pride and beauty that we would f….

When he heard there was nothing to eat, he sat down and wept… “Why did I ever wake up!” he cried..

I am rather tired, and no longer young enough to pillage the night to make up for the deficit of hours in the day..." JRR Tolkien, Letter # 174.

Frodo drew himself up, and again Sam was startled by his words and his stern voice. 'On the Precious? How dare you?' he said. 'Think! Would you commi….

the association of children and fairy-stories is an accident of our domestic history. Fairy-stories have in the modern lettered world been relegated ….

Speak no evil of the Lady Galadriel!" said Aragorn sternly. "You know not what you say. There is in her and in this land, no evil, unless a man bring….