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 grows like a seed in the dark out of the leaf-mold of the mind: out of all that has been seen or thought or read, that has long ago been forgotten, descending into the deeps. No doubt there is much personal selection, as with a gardener: what one throws on one's personal compost-heap; and my mold is evidently made largely of linguistic matter.
My Precious, my Precious. - J. R. R. Tolkien
My Precious, my Precious.
- J. R. R. Tolkien
Aure entuluva! day shall come again! - J. R. R. Tolkien
Aure entuluva! day shall come again!
Aiya Earendil Elenion Ancalima! - J. R. R. Tolkien
Aiya Earendil Elenion Ancalima!
And he smote the Balrog upon the mountainside. - J. R. R. Tolkien
And he smote the Balrog upon the mountainside.
Ónen i-estel edain, ú-chebin estel anim. (I gave Hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept none for myself.) (Gilraen's linnod) - J. R. R. Tolkien
Ónen i-estel edain, ú-chebin estel anim. (I gave Hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept none for myself.) (Gilraen's linnod)
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 … - J. R. R. Tolkien
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 …
How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back. - J. R. R. Tolkien
How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.
If this nice friendliness would spread about in Mordor, half our trouble would be over. - J. R. R. Tolkien
If this nice friendliness would spread about in Mordor, half our trouble would be over.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J. R. R. Tolkien
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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