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Through Rohan over fen and field where the long grass growsThe West Wind goes walking, and about the walls it goes.What news from the West, oh wanderi...more

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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...more

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It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords can still die upon them.

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I wish Merry was here," he heard himself saying, and quick thoughts raced through his mind, even as he watched the enemy come charging to the assault....more

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Human stories are practically always about one thing, really, aren't they? Death. The inevitability of death. . .. . . (quoting an obituary) 'There is...more

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Not all that have fallen are vanquished.

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Have you thought of an ending?""Yes, several, and all are dark and unpleasant.""Oh, that won't do! Books ought to have good endings. How would this do...more

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

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Oh! That was poetry!" said Pippin. "Do you really mean to start before the break of day?

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Dead men are not friends to living men, and give them no gifts.

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Courage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand-—that and such hope as I bring.

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We set out to save the Shire, Sam and it has been saved - but not for me.

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The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.

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How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that g...more

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The king was silent. "Ents!" he said at length. "Out of the shadows of legend I begin a little to understand the marvel of the trees, I think. I have ...more