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J.R.R. Tolkien  Quotes
Give with a free hand, but give only of your own.

—J.R.R. Tolkien

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GenerosityGiveGiving
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Short cuts make long delays.

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HumourLife-LessonPippin
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For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.

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HopeInspirational
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There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.

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HopeOptimism
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To think I should have lived to be goodmorninged by Belladonna Took’s son, as if I was selling buttons at the door!

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HumorMorning
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The world is changing: I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air.

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My mind does not change with the rising and setting of a few suns

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FantasyInspirationalThe-Hobbit
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I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history – true or feigned– with its varied...

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AllegoryBooksLiterature
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And suddenly first one and then another began to sing as they played, deep-throated singing of the dwarves in the deep places of their ancient homes; and this is like a fragment of their song,...

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AdventureMagicSongs
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But it is said: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. The choice is yours: to go or wait.”And it is also said,’ answered Frodo: ‘Go...

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AdviceElvesFrodo-Baggins
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Bilbo Baggins was standing at his door after breakfast smoking an enormous long wooden pipe that reached nearly down to his woolly toes (neatly brushed)—Gandalf came by.

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Húrin soon marked that Túrin did not wear the knife, and he asked him whether his warning had made him fear it. Then Túrin answered: ‘No; but I gave the knife to Sador the woodwright.’...

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GiftsGood-IntentionsInjury
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All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others.

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EcologyInterdependenceWorth
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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.

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AragornGallantryHeroes
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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. For even the very wise cannot...

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She should not die, so young and beautiful. At least, she should not die alone.

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From the Gate of Kings the North Wind rides, and past the roaring falls;And clear and cold about the tower its loud horn calls.’What news from the North, O mighty wind, do you bring to...

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Past
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Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if...

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FantasyLiteraturePhilosophy
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Frodo raised his head, and then stood up. Despair had not left him, but the weakness had passed. He even smiled grimly, feeling now as clearly as a moment before he had felt the opposite,...

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DespairHopeInspirational
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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.

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CowardiceFear
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Although now long estranged,Man is not wholly lost nor wholly changed.Dis-graced he may be, yet is not de-throned,and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned:Man, Sub-creator, the refracted Lightthrough whom is splintered from a...

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FantasySub-Creation
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Trente chevaux sur une colline rouge; D’abord ils m chonnent,Puis ils frappent leur marque,Ensuite ils restent immobiles.(Les dents)

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FantasyMysteryRiddle
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Against delay. Against the way that seems easier. Against refusal of the burden that is laid on me. Against – well, if it must be said, against trust in the strength and truth of Men.

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FellowshipFrodoJ-R-R-Tolkien
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It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the...

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EvilFuture-Inspirational
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Escaping goblins to be caught by wolves!

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AdventureBilbo-BagginsGoblins
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Many are the strange chances of the world,’ said Mithrandir, ‘and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.

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ChanceHelpUnexpected
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I thought all the trees were whispering to each other, passing news and plots along in an unintelligible language; and the branches swayed and groped without any wind. They do say the trees do actually...

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J-R-R-TolkienTrees
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But the sons of Men die indeed, and leave the world; wherefore they are called the Guests or the Strangers. Death is their fate, the gift of Illúvatar, which as time wears even the Powers...

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DeathDyingElves
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But fear no more! I would not take this thing, if it lay by the highway. Not were Minas Tirith falling in ruin and I alone could save her, so, using the weapon of the...

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ChivalryFaramirTemptation
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The wise speak only of what they know, Grima son of Galmod. A witless worm have you become. Therefore be silent, and keep your forked tongue behind your teeth. I have not passed through fire...

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Handsome is as handsome does.

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BeautyEnglish 16Th Century Proverbs
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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

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FoodHappiness
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The world was fair, the mountains tallIn Elder Days before the fall…

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All his court were cast down in slumber, and all the fires faded and were quenched; but the Silmarils in the crown on Morgoth’s head blazed forth suddenly with a radiance of white flame; and...

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BeautyEvil
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Il mondo è davvero pieno di pericoli, e vi sono molti posti oscuri; ma si trovano ancora delle cose belle, e nonostante che l’amore sia ovunque mescolato al dolore, esso cresce forse più forte.

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Fantasy
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And 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...

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GandalfLotrPower
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My armor is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!

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something really deep and inspirational.

—J.R.R. Tolkien

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DeepHahaHappy
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Sam: I wonder if we’ll ever be put into songs or tales. Frodo: [turns around] What? Sam: I wonder if people will ever say, ‘Let’s hear about Frodo and the Ring.’ And they’ll say ‘Yes,...

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FrodoLord-Of-The-RingsSam-Gamgee
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After some time he felt for his pipe. It was not broken, and that was something. Then he felt for his pouch, and there was some tobacco in it, and that was something more. Then...

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DisappointmentPipeSmoking
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But to this Orc-work such a life as we lead has brought us. Lawless and fruitless all our deeds have been, serving only ourselves, and feeding hate in our hearts.

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FruitlessOrc-WorkRealization
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But there is such a crowd already in the house tonight as there hasn’t been for long enough. It never rains but it pours, we say in Bree.

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CrowdInnRain
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What do you fear my lady?’ ‘A cage. To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them and all chance of valor has gone beyond beyond recall or desire.

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Age And Aging
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…in doubt a man of worth will trust to his own wisdom.

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Doubt
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But when I say “”free””, I mean “”free””: free from bond, of chain or command:to go where you will, even, even to Mordor Saruman, if you desire.

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Ónen i-estel edain, ú-chebin estel anim.(I gave Hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept none for myself.)(Gilraen’s linnod)

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HopeInspirationalOthers
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.

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DespairElfHope
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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.

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FriendshipFrodo
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Lilly-flowers nodded their half-opened heads in the grass.

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GrassJ-R-R-TolkienNature
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Elves are wondrous fair to look upon.

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ElvesFantasyJ-R-R-Tolkien
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