But I am the real Strider, fortunately. I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will..

Not all that have fallen are vanquished..

It would be the death of you to come with me, Sam," said Frodo, "and I could not have borne that." "Not as certain as being left behind," said Sam. "….

His head was swimming, and he was far from certain even of the direction they had been going in when he had his fall. He guessed as well as he could,….

Justice is not Healing. Healing cometh only by suffering and patience, and maketh no demand, not even for Justice. Justice worketh only within the bo….

Here ends the SILMARILLION. If it has passed from the high and the beautiful to darkness and ruin, that was of old the fate of Arda Marred; and if an….

I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, and of people who will see a world that I shall never know..

I may be a burglar...but I'm an honest one, I hope, more or less..

Gil-galad was an Elven-king. Of him the harpers sadly sing: the last whose realm was fair and free between the Mountains and the Sea. His sword was l….

Far more often [than asking the question 'Is it true?'] they [children] have asked me: 'Was he good? Was he wicked?' That is, they were far more conc….

Farewell," they cried, "Wherever you fare till your eyries receive you at the journey's end!" That is the polite thing to say among eagles. "May the ….

Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters..

No dragon can resist the fascination of riddling talk and of wasting time trying to understand it..

And here he was, a little halfling from the Shire, a simple hobbit of the quiet countryside, expected to find a way where the great ones could not go….

See your road through..

What have I got in my pocket?" he said aloud. He was talking to himself, but Gollum thought it was a riddle, and he was frightfully upset. "Not fair!….

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 ….

And when [Bëor] lay dead, of no wound or grief, but stricken by age, the Eldar saw for the first time the swift waning of the life of Men, and the de….

Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate..

I look East, West, North, South, and I do not see Sauron; but I see that Saruman has many descendants. We Hobbits have against them no magic weapons.….

Kings built tombs more splendid than the houses of the living and counted the names of their descent dearer than the names of their sons. Childless l….