Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.

It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill. But such falls and...

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much...

Such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they...

Then there will be need of valour without renown, for none shall remember the deeds that are done...

Many are the strange chances of the world,' said Mithrandir, 'and help oft shall come from the...

He often used to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at...

Yet it is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the...

Thank you for your letter ..... I regret that I am not clear as to what you intend by arisch. I am...

The authorities of the university might well consider it an aberration of an elderly professor of...

'It was a compliment,' said Merry Brandybuck, 'and so, of course, not true.'

Old Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow, Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow. None has...

Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of...

Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!

Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or...

But I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew...

Come not between the Nazgûl and his prey! Or he will not slay thee in thy turn. He will bear thee...

'I am old, Gandalf. I don't look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts....

"You cannot pass," he said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. "I am a servant of the...

Seek for the Sword that was broken: In Imladris it dwells; There shall be counsels taken ...

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of...

My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail is a...

There were lots of dragons in the North in those days, and gold was probably getting scarce up...

I kill where I wish and none dare resist. I laid low the warriors of old and their like is not in...

"Good morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But...