Don't dip your beard in the foam, Father!" They cried to Thorin. "It is long enough without watering it! J. R. R. Tolkien More Quotes by J. R. R. Tolkien More Quotes From J. R. R. Tolkien Come, Mr. Frodo!' he cried. 'I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you. J. R. R. Tolkien samwise-gamgee lord-of-the-ring frodo Memory is not what the heart desires. J. R. R. Tolkien desire heart memories How could such a large door be kept secret from everybody outside, apart from the dragon?" [Bilbo] asked. He was only a little hobbit you must remember. J. R. R. Tolkien dragons secret doors 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. J. R. R. Tolkien age men world It was an evil doom that set her in his path. For she is a fair maiden, fairest lady of a house of queens. And yet I know not how I should speak of her. When I first looked on her and perceived her unhappiness, it seemed to me that I saw a white flower standing straight and proud, shapely as a lily and yet knew that it was hard, as if wrought by elf-wrights out of steel. J. R. R. Tolkien queens flower healing It matters little who is the enemy, if we cannot beat off his attack. J. R. R. Tolkien matter littles enemy But the enemy has the move, and he is about to open his full game. And pawns are as likely to see as much of it as any. Sharpen your blade! J. R. R. Tolkien games enemy moving But who knows what she spoke to the darkness, alone, in the bitter watches of the night, when all her life seemed shrinking, and the walls of her bower closing in about her, a hutch to trammel some wild thing in? J. R. R. Tolkien wall darkness night If only that dratted wizard would leave young Frodo alone, perhaps he'll settle down and grow some hobbit-sense,' they said. And to all appearance the wizard did leave Frodo alone, and he did settle down, but the growth of hobbit-sense was not very noticable. J. R. R. Tolkien wizards down-and growth This of course is the way to talk to dragons, if you don't want to reveal your proper name which is wise, and don't want to infuriate them by a flat refusal which is also very wise. No dragon can resist the fascination of riddling talk and of wasting time to trying to understand it. J. R. R. Tolkien dragons wise names I should say that, in addition to my tree-love (it was originally called The Tree), it arose from my own pre-occupation with the Lord of the Rings, the knowledge that it would be finished in great detail or not at all, and the fear (near certainty) that it would be 'not at all'. The war had arisen to darken all horizons. But no such analyses are a complete explanation even of a short story. J. R. R. Tolkien details tree war There I lay staring upward, while the stars wheeled over... Faint to my ears came the gathered rumor of all lands: the springing and the dying, the song and the weeping, and the slow everlasting groan of overburdened stone. J. R. R. Tolkien stars nature song He drew a deep breath. 'Well, I'm back,' he said. J. R. R. Tolkien im-back deep-breath said And you, Ringbearer' she said, turning to Frodo. 'I come to you last who are not last in my thoughts. For you I have prepared this.' She held up a small crystal phial: it glittered as she moved it and rays of white light sprang from her hand. 'In this phial,' she said,' is caught the light of Earendil's star, set amid the waters of my fountain. It will shine still brighter when night is about you. May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out. Frodo took the phial, and for a moment as it shone between them, he saw her again standing like a queen, great and beautiful. J. R. R. Tolkien queens stars beautiful Do not scorn pity that is the gift of a gentle heart, Éowyn! J. R. R. Tolkien pity gentle heart We must do without hope. J. R. R. Tolkien without-hope And what would you do, if an uninvited dwarf came and hung his things up in your hall without a word of explanation? J. R. R. Tolkien halls explanation dwarves It is plain that we were meant to go together. J. R. R. Tolkien together Then Aragorn stooped and looked in her face, and it was indeed white as a lily, cold as frost, and hard as graven stone. But he bent and kissed her on the brow, and called her softly, saying: 'Éowyn Éomund's daughter, awake! For your enemy has passed away!' - Aragorn & Éowyn J. R. R. Tolkien daughter white enemy Then she fell on her knees, saying: 'I beg thee!' 'Nay, lady,' he said, and taking her by the hand he raised her. The he kissed her hand, and sprang into the saddle, and rode away, and did not look back; and only those who knew him well and were near to him saw the pain that he bore. J. R. R. Tolkien pain hands looks
