
In the spring when the wind is in the new leaves the echo of her voice may still be heard by the fall that bear her name. —
J.R.R. Tolkien

Evidently we look so much alike that your desire to make an incurable dent in my hat must be excused. —
J.R.R. Tolkien

Rally to me! To me! —
J.R.R. Tolkien

Not all those who wonder are lost. —
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I gave you the chance of aiding me willingly, but you have elected the way of pain. -Saruman —
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Hail the victorious dead! —
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It is no bad thing celebrating a simple life. —
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It's the deep breath before the plunge. —
J.R.R. Tolkien

I fear I am beyond your comprehension. - Gandalf the White —
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I hear nothing but the night-speech of plant and stone. —
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But in the end it is only a passing thing ... this shadow. Even darkness must pass. - Samwise Gamgee, The Two Towers —
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Wonderful folk, Elves, sir! Wonderful!' 'They are,' said Frodo. 'Do you like them still, now you have had a closer view? —
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The ring! exclaimed Frodo. 'Has he left me that? I wonder why. Still, it may be useful. —
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But I am the real Strider, fortunately. I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will. —
J.R.R. Tolkien

His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom. —
J.R.R. Tolkien

We cannot achieve victory by arms, but by arms we can give the Ring-bearer his only chance, frail though it be. —
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Legolas was standing, gazing northwards into the darkness, thoughtful and silent as a young tree in a windless night. —
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren. —
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You are wise and fearless and fair, Lady Galadriel,' said Frodo. 'I will give you the One Ring, if you ask for it. It is too great a matter for me —
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And what do you wish?' he said at last.
'That what should be shall be,' she answered. —
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All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost. —
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I wonder,' said Frodo. 'It's my doom, I think, to go to that Shadow yonder, so that a way will be found. But will good or evil show it to me? —
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Not all that have fallen are vanquished. —
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Lilly-flowers nodded their half-opened heads in the grass. —
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Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. —
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Farewell!' he said to Gandalf. 'I go to find the Sun! —
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The trees and the grasses and all things growing or living in the land belong each ro themselves. —
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Sleepiness seemed to be creeping out of the ground and up their legs, and falling softly out of the air upon theirheads and eyes. —
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Speak, or I will put a dint in your hat that even a wizard will find hard to deal with! —
J.R.R. Tolkien

We plunged into the deep water and all was dark. Cold it was as the tide of death: almost it froze my heart. —
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And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass. —
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There is darkness there that never sleeps. —
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The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision. —
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A few melancholy birds were pipping and wailing, until the round red sun sank slowly into the western shadows; then an empty silence fell —
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That's done it! Now I've rung the front-door bell! —
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Hammer and tongs! I am so torn between rage and joy, that if I do not burst, it will be a marvel! —
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Is there no escape then?' said Frodo, looking around wildly. 'If I move I shall be seen and hunted! If I stay, I shall draw them to me! —
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Don't you let go. Don't let go. Reach! —
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And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her. —
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Frodo: If you ask it of me, I will give you the One Ring. —
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It is mine, I tell you. My own. My precious. Yes, my precious. —
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You cannot pass! —
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
- Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring —
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It is mine to give to whom I will, like my heart. —
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However it may prove, one must tread the path that need chooses! —
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I think a servant of the enemy would look fairer and feel fouler.
-Frodo Baggins —
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Come, Mr. Frodo!' he cried. 'I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you. —
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But good luck to you - today and every day! —
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Far, far below the deepest delvings of the dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things. —
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Even in ancient days they were, as a rule, shy of 'the Big Folk', as they call us, and now they avoid us with dismay and are becoming hard to find. —
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Elves are wondrous fair to look upon. —
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There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world. —
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For you do not yet know the strengths of your hearts, and you cannot foresee what each may meet on the road. —
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I am at home among trees. —
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Your talk of sniffling riders with invisible noses has unsettled me. —
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