894 Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien

it is horrible being all alone.

Но Отрядът не се интересуваше от наблюдатели и враждебни погледи. Сърцата им се възрадваха от гледката на огъня. Съчките горяха весело и макар че огънят наоколо съскаше и локвички от киша се стичаха под краката им, те радостно топлеха ръце над пламъците. Стояха приведени в кръг около танцуващите и пъхтящи огнени езичета. Червена светлина огряваше уморените им тревожни лица; нощта зад тях бе като черна стена.Ала дървата изгаряха бързо, а снегът продължаваше да вали

All that is gold does not glitter,Not all those who wander are lost;The old that is strong does not wither,Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

A good vocabulary is not acquired by reading books written according to some notion of the vocabulary of one's age group. It comes from reading books above one.

My armor is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!

All that is gold does not glitter; not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither; deep roots are not reached by the frost..

Wise men speak only of what they know

Far over the misty mountains cold. To dungeons deep, and caverns old

There are many things in the deep waters; and seas and lands may change. And it is not our part here to take thought only for a season, or for a few lives of Men, or for a passing age of the world. We should seek a final end of this menace, even if we do not hope to make one.