1 year ago on April 18, 2012
tolkienquotes:

“Fair speech may hide a foul heart.”
Samwise Gamgee via The Two Towers

tolkienquotes:

“Fair speech may hide a foul heart.”

Samwise Gamgee via The Two Towers



1 year ago on April 4, 2012
“Ah! The Ring!” said Boromir, his eyes lighting. “The Ring! Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing? So small a thing!”

“Ah! The Ring!” said Boromir, his eyes lighting. “The Ring! Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing? So small a thing!”



1 year ago on March 25, 2012
I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew; of wind there came and in the branches blew.

I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew; of wind there came and in the branches blew.



1 year ago on March 21, 2012
The love of the Elves for their land and their works is deeper than the deeps of the Sea, and their regret is undying and cannot ever wholly be assuaged.
Galadriel via The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The love of the Elves for their land and their works is deeper than the deeps of the Sea, and their regret is undying and cannot ever wholly be assuaged.

Galadriel via The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring



1 year ago on March 21, 2012
He rose clumsily and bowed in dwarf-fashion, saying: ‘Yet more is fair is the living land of Lórien, and the Lady Galadriel is above all the jewels that lie beneath the earth!’
Gimli via The Fellowship of the Ring

He rose clumsily and bowed in dwarf-fashion, saying: ‘Yet more is fair is the living land of Lórien, and the Lady Galadriel is above all the jewels that lie beneath the earth!’

Gimli via The Fellowship of the Ring



1 year ago on March 21, 2012
The finest rockets ever seen:
they burst in stars of blue and green,
or after thunder golden showers
come falling like a rain of flowers.
via The Fellowship of the Ring

The finest rockets ever seen:

they burst in stars of blue and green,

or after thunder golden showers

come falling like a rain of flowers.

via The Fellowship of the Ring



1 year ago on March 18, 2012
The Mathom-house it was called; for anything that Hobbits had no immediate use for, but were unwilling to throw away, they called a mathom.
via The Fellowship of the Ring
Submitted by: mathomsandmurmors 

The Mathom-house it was called; for anything that Hobbits had no immediate use for, but were unwilling to throw away, they called a mathom.

via The Fellowship of the Ring

Submitted by: mathomsandmurmors 



1 year ago on March 4, 2012
“Escaping goblins to be caught by wolves!” he said, and it became a proverb, though we now say “out of the frying pan and into the fire” in the same sort of  uncomfortable situations.

“Escaping goblins to be caught by wolves!” he said, and it became a proverb, though we now say “out of the frying pan and into the fire” in the same sort of  uncomfortable situations.



1 year ago on February 23, 2012
At that moment there was a knock at the door, and Sam came in. He ran to Frodo and took his left hand, awkwardly and shyly. He stroked it gently and then he blushed and turned hastily away.

At that moment there was a knock at the door, and Sam came in. He ran to Frodo and took his left hand, awkwardly and shyly. He stroked it gently and then he blushed and turned hastily away.



1 year ago on February 8, 2012
Far over the misty mountains cold
To dungeons deep and caverns old
We must away ere break of day,
To seek the pale enchanted gold.
via The Hobbit

Far over the misty mountains cold

To dungeons deep and caverns old

We must away ere break of day,

To seek the pale enchanted gold.

via The Hobbit



1 year ago on January 11, 2012

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1 year ago on January 4, 2012
“His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.”
Aragorn via The Return of the King

His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.”

Aragorn via The Return of the King



1 year ago on January 4, 2012
“So you heard that Mr. Frodo is going away?” “I did, sir. And that’s why I choked: which you heard seemingly. I tried not to, sir, but it burst out of me: I was so upset.”
Gandalf and Sam via The Fellowship of the Ring

“So you heard that Mr. Frodo is going away?” “I did, sir. And that’s why I choked: which you heard seemingly. I tried not to, sir, but it burst out of me: I was so upset.”

Gandalf and Sam via The Fellowship of the Ring



1 year ago on December 1, 2011
A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.

A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.



1 year ago on November 21, 2011

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