#tolkien book quotes

‘A man may do both,’ said Aragorn. ‘For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day!’

- A Rohir and Aragorn, The Two Towers, Book III, The Riders of Rohan 
(requested by eruionmelda)

“It is told that Elendil stood there watching for the coming of Gil-Galad out of the West, in the days of the Last Alliance.”

- Aragorn about Amon Sûl, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book I, A Knife in the Dark

- Aragorn and Éowyn, The Return of the King, Book V, The Passing of the Grey Company 
(‘Éowyn’, requested by anonymous) 

- About the Sun and the Moon, The Silmarillion, Of the Sun and the Moon and the Hiding of Valinor

‘I have heard both,’ said Gandalf; 'and I will not give judgement now. But I beg you two, Legolas and Gimli, at least to be friends, and to help me.’

- Legolas and Gimli, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book II, A Journey in the Dark
('Legolas and Gimli’, requested by anonymous)

- Saruman to Gandalf, The Two Towers, Book III, The Voice of Saruman 
(‘Saruman talking about the crowns of seven kings, and the rods of the Five Wizards’, requested by anonymous)

- The Fellowship of the Ring, Book I, Fog on the Barrow-downs

- About Melkor, The Silmarillion, Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath

- Legolas, The Two Towers, Book III, The Riders of Rohan

- Faramir to Sam, The Two Towers, Book IV, The Window on the West

- Gandalf to Durin’s Bane, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book II, The Bridge of Khazad-dûm

- Merry and Frodo, The Return of the King, Book VI, Homeward Bound

- About Thorin Oakenshield, Unfinished Tales, Part three, III The Quest of Erebor

- Arwen to Aragorn, The Lord of the Rings, Appendices, A Annals of the Kings and Rulers, (V)

- Grishnákh about Uglúk, The Two Towers, Book III, The Uruk-hai 

Black Speech:
“Uglúk to the cesspool, sha! the dungfilth; the great Saruman-fool, skai!”
(as in ‘The Peoples of Middle-earth’)
or:
“Uglúk to the dung-pit with stinking Saruman-filth, pig-guts, gah!”
(as in 'Vinyar Tengwar’) 

”[…] 
We only wish
to catch a fish,
so juicy-sweet!”

- Gollum, The Two Towers, Book IV, The Passage of the Marshes 

- Ar-Pharazôn and Sauron, The Silmarillion, Akallabêth 

Who is Ar-Pharazôn?