01c. 1932 ADAll 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.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
02c. 1932 ADNow fair and marvellous was that vessel made, and it was filled with a wavering flame, pure and bright; and Earendil the Mariner sat at the helm, glistening with dust of elven-gems, and the Silmaril was bound upon his brow. Far he journeyed in that ship, even into the starless voids; but most often was he seen at morning or at evening, glimmering in sunrise or sunset, as he came back to Valinor from voyages beyond the confines of the world.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
03c. 1932 ADWhat would you here, unhappy mortal, and for what cause have you left your own land to enter this, which is forbidden to such as you? Can you show reason why my power should not be laid on you in heavy punishment for your insolence and folly?" Then Beren looking up beheld the eyes of Luthien, and his glance went also to the face of Melian; and it seemed to him that words were put into his mouth. Fear left him, and the pride of the eldest house of Men returned to him; and he said: "My fate, O King, led me hither, through perils such as few even of the Elves would dare. And here I have found what I sought not indeed, but finding I would possess for ever. For it is above all gold and silver, and beyond all jewels. Neither rock, nor steel, nor the fires of Morgoth, nor all the powers of the Elf-kingdoms, shall keep from me the treasure that I desire. For Luthien your daughter is the fairest of all the Children of the World." Then silence fell upon the hall...J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
04c. 1932 ADTherefore Morgoth came, climbing slowly from his subterranean throne, and the rumour of his feet was like thunder underground. And he issued forth clad in black armour; and he stood before the King like a tower, iron-crowned, and his vast shield, sable unblazoned, cast a shadow over him like a stormcloud. But Fingolfin gleamed beneath it as a star; for his mail was overlaid with silver, and his blue shield was set with crystals; and he drew his sword Ringil, that glittered like ice.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
05c. 1932 ADThen Maeglin bowed low and took Turgon for lord and king, to do all his will; but thereafter he stood silent and watchful, for the bliss and splendour of Gondolin surpassed all that he had imagined from the tales of his mother, and he was amazed by the strength of the city and the hosts of its people, and the many things strange and beautiful that he beheld. Yet to none were his eyes more often drawn than to Idril the King's daughter, who sat beside him; for she was golden as the Vanyar, her mother's kindred, and she seemed to him as the sun from which all the King's hall drew its light.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
06c. 1932 ADStill round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
07c. 1932 ADIt simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
08c. 1932 ADHow do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
09c. 1932 ADThe world is changing: I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
10c. 1932 ADI propose to speak about fairy-stories, though I am aware that this is a rash adventure. Faërie is a perilous land, and in it are pitfalls for the unwary and dungeons for the overbold.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
11c. 1932 ADMan, Sub-creator, the refracted Lightthrough whom is splintered from a single Whiteto many hues, and endlessly combinedin living shapes that move from mind to mind.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
12c. 1932 ADThe mind that thought of light, heavy, grey, yellow, still, swift, also conceived of magic that would make heavy things light and be able to fly, turn grey lead into yellow gold, and the still rock into a swift water.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
13c. 1932 ADIs there any pleasure on earth as great as the circle of Christian friends by a good fire?J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
15c. 1932 ADAnd Gandalf said: "This is your realm, and the heart of the greater realm that shall be. The Third Age of the world is ended, and the new age is begun; and it is your task to order its beginning and to preserve what must be preserved. For though much has been saved, much must now pass away; and the power of the Three Rings also is ended. And all the lands that you see, and those that lie round about them, shall be dwellings of Men. For the time comes of the Dominion of Men, and the Elder Kindred shall fade or depart.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
16c. 1932 ADBut the only measure that he knows is desire desire for power and so he judges all hearts. Into his heart the thought will not enter that any will refuse it that having the Ring we may seek to destroy it. If we seek this we shall put him out of reckoning.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
17c. 1932 ADThere's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
18c. 1932 ADFar, far below the deepest delvings of the dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
19c. 1932 ADThat's what I meant,' said Pippin. 'We hobbits ought to stick together, and we will. I shall go, unless they chain me up. There must be someone with intelligence in the party.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
21c. 1932 ADIt is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
22c. 1932 ADGo back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
23c. 1932 ADSomehow the killing of the giant spider, all alone by himself in the dark without the help of the wizard or the dwarves or of anyone else, made a great difference to Mr. Baggins. He felt a different person, and much fiercer and bolder in spite of an empty stomach, as he wiped his sword on the grass and put it back into its sheath.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
24c. 1932 ADA day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day.Aragorn, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the KingJ.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
