If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. Votes: 27
Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars, not if you care for such things. Votes: 5
It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords can still die upon them. Votes: 1
Aiya Earendil Elenion Ancalima! Votes: 1
Not all those who wander are lost. Votes: 0
Little by little, one travels far Votes: 0
Courage is found in unlikely places. Votes: 0
It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. Votes: 0
Don't leave me here alone! It's your Sam calling. Don't go where I can't follow! Wake up, Mr. Frodo! Votes: 0
Speak politely to an enraged dragon. Votes: 0
Never laugh at live dragons. Votes: 0
Faerie is a perilous land, and in it are pitfalls for the unwary, and dungeons for the overbold. Votes: 0
All that is gold does not glitter. Votes: 0
Handsome is as handsome does Votes: 0
The birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus means that one day everything sad will come untrue.... Votes: 0
The burned hand teaches best. Votes: 0
Far, far below the deepest delvings of the dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things. Votes: 0
Short cuts make long delays. Votes: 0
And then alas! I let the matter reset, watching and waiting only, as we have too often done. Votes: 0
Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking. Votes: 0
The road goes ever on and on Votes: 0
The world is changing: I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air. Votes: 0
No dragon can resist the fascination of riddling talk and of wasting time trying to understand it. Votes: 0
All that is gold does not glitter... Votes: 0
I am at home among trees. Votes: 0
Hammer and tongs! I am so torn between rage and joy, that if I do not burst, it will be a marvel! Votes: 0
Grief is a hone to a hard mind. Votes: 0
Long listening is hungry work. Votes: 0
End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take. Votes: 0
Touching your cap to the Squire may be damn bad for the Squire, but it's damn good for you. Votes: 0
Third time pays for all Votes: 0
it was easier to believe in the Dragon and less easy to believe in Thorin in these wild parts Votes: 0
A story must be told or there'll be no story, yet it is the untold stories that are most moving. Votes: 0
No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly. Votes: 0
Wraiths! Wraiths on wings! Votes: 0
You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have. Votes: 0
The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out. Votes: 0
Frodo: Go back, Sam! I'm going to Mordor alone. Sam: Of course you are, and I'm coming with you! Votes: 0
How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back. Votes: 0
Do not spoil the wonder with haste! Votes: 0
Not everyone who wanders is lost. Votes: 0
Don't adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story. Votes: 0
Above all shadows rides the sun. Votes: 0
I will not walk backward in life. Votes: 0
There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark. Votes: 0
When he heard there was nothing to eat, he sat down and wept"¦ "Why did I ever wake up!" he cried. Votes: 0
Often does hatred hurt itself. Votes: 0
I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to Votes: 0
Tears unnumbered ye shall shed.... Votes: 0
We must do without hope. Votes: 0
But it seems that the wind is setting East, and the withering of all Woods may be drawing near. Votes: 0
Over the field rang his clear voice calling: "Death! Ride, ride to ruin and the world's ending! Votes: 0
I'm going on an adventure! Votes: 0
Over hill and under hill Votes: 0
Great heart will not be denied. Votes: 0
I wisely started with a map. Votes: 0
All shall love me and despair. Votes: 0
All's well that ends better. Votes: 0
Fair speech may hide a foul heart. Votes: 0
Don't go where I can't follow! Votes: 0
And its object is Art not power, sub-creation not domination and tyrannous re-forming of Creation. Votes: 0
Tomorrow we may come this way, And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun Votes: 0
Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed. (Of Sam) Votes: 0
The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it's no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won't come. Votes: 0
I invented that little rhyme about 'One Ring to rule them all', I remember, in the bath one day. Votes: 0
Hush! Take no notice!" - Gandalf Votes: 0
My Precious, my Precious. Votes: 0
Aure entuluva! day shall come again! Votes: 0
See your road through. Votes: 0
No Victory Without Suffering Votes: 0
Adventures make one late for supper. Votes: 0
What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees Up, up it goes, And yet never grows? A mountain. Votes: 0
Mind your P's and Q's. Votes: 0
I don't want to be in a battle. But waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse. Votes: 0
Where will wants not, a way opens. Votes: 0
Much evil must befall a country before it ever really forgets the Elves, if once they lived there. Votes: 0
Fire, fear, foes! Awake! Votes: 0
What does your heart tell you? Votes: 0
Farewell! I go to find the Sun! Votes: 0
People remember Longfellow wrote Hiawatha, quite forget he was a Professor of Modern Languages! Votes: 0
Slight changes simply make a blur. Votes: 0