894 Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien

Let go! Gollum,' he said. 'This is Sting. You have seen it before once upon a time. Let go, or you'll feel it this time! I'll cut your throat

You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say.

Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo, a star shines on the hour of our meeting.

Of all the things that men may heed'Tis most of love they sing indeed.

Ecthelion must be similarly from Aegthelion. Latter element is a derivative of √stel 'remain firm'. The form with prefix 'sundóma', estel, was used in Q{uenya} and S{indarin} for 'hope' – sc. a temper of mind, steady, fixed in purpose, and difficult to dissuade and unlikely to fall into despair or abandon its purpose. The unprefixed stel- gave [? S verb] thel 'intend, mean, purpose, resolve, will'. So Q ? þelma 'a fixed idea,..., will.

You can only come to the morning through the shadows.

Together we will take the road that leads into the West,And far away will find a land where both our hearts may rest.

Dreamlike it was, and yet no dream, for there was no waking.

I want to see the wild country again before I die, and the Mountains; but he is still in love with the Shire, with woods and fields and little rivers.