Yes, they are elves," Legolas said. "and they say that you breathe so loud they could shoot you in the dark." Sam hastily covered his mouth..

I don't want to be in a battle. But waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse..

Gandalf: Three hundred lives of men I have walked this earth and now I have no time..

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 dri….

The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may be attempted by the weak w….

Hobbits are an unobtrusive but very ancient people, more numerous formerly than they are today; for they love peace and quiet and good tilled earth: ….

The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision..

It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not..

He [Bilbo] fought the real battle in the tunnel alone, before he ever saw the vast danger that lay in wait..

The eyes were hollow and the carven head was broken, but about the high, stern forehead there was a coronal of silver and gold. A trailing plant with….

Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill..

For you do not yet know the strengths of your hearts, and you cannot foresee what each may meet on the road..

Wars are not favourable to delicate pleasures..

Courage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand-—that and such hope as I bring..

The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut..

The future, good or ill, was not forgotten, but ceased to have any power over the present. Health and hope grew strong in them, and they were content….

He used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary. '….

For I am Saruman the Wise, Saruman Ring-maker, Saruman of Many Colours!' I looked then and saw that his robes, which had seemed white, were not so, b….

Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For e….

Then Morgoth stretching out his long arm towards Dor-lomin cursed Hurin and Morwen and their offspring, saying: 'Behold! The shadow of my thought sha….

To the sea, to the sea! The white gulls are crying, The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying. West, west away, the round sun is falling, Gre….