894 Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien

If this is victory, then our hands are too small to hold it.

... for a man may cover his blemish, but unbind it he cannot, for where once 'tis applied, thence part will it never.

Det finns somliga saker som det är bättre att ta itu med än visa ifrån sig, även om slutet kan bli mörkt.

Such bees! Bilbo had never seen anything like them."If one were to sting me," He thought "I should swell up as big as I am!

Magát Tündérföldet talán Varázslat segítségével érthetnénk meg legjobban, de ezen egy igen sajátos hangulat és erő mágiája értendő, mely a lehető legtávolabb áll az izzadságszagú, kísérletező, tudományoskodó bűvészkedés vulgáris eszközkészletétől.

Enchantment produces a Secondary World, into which both designer and spectator can enter, to the satisfaction of their senses while they are inside; but in its purity it is artistic in desire and purpose. Magic produces, or pretends to produce, an alteration in the Primary World. It does not matter by whom it is said to be practised, fay or mortal, it remains distinct from the other two; it is not an art but a technique; its desire is power in this world, domination of things and wills.

Frodo gave a cry, and there was, fallen upon his knees at the chasm's edge. But Gollum, dancing like a mad thing, held aloft the ring, a finger still thrust within its circle. "Precious, precious, precious!" Gollum cried. "My Precious! O my Precious!" And with that, even as his eyes were lifted up to gloat on his prize, he stepped too far, toppled, wavered for a moment on the brink, and then with a shriek he fell. Out of the depths came his last wail precious, and he was gone.

Few other griefs amid the ill chances of this world have more bitterness and shame for a man's heart than to behold the love of a lady so fair and brave that cannot be returned.

Master of the Dark Shadow. For I also, Niniel, had my darkness, in which dear things were lost; but now I have overcome it, I deem.