To crooked eyes truth may wear a wry face

J.R.R. Tolkien

Tags: truth judgment blindness

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Faithful heart may have froward tongue.

J.R.R. Tolkien

Tags: not-a-typo

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Clap! Snap! the black crack!
Grip, grab! Pinch, nab!
And down down to Goblin-town
You go, my lad!

Clash, crash! Crush, smash!
Hammer and tongs! Knocker and gongs!
Pound, pound, far underground!
Ho, ho! my lad!

Swish, smack! Whip crack!
Batter and beat! Yammer and bleat!
Work, work! Nor dare to shirk,
While Goblins quaff, and Goblins laugh,
Round and round far underground
Below, my lad!

J.R.R. Tolkien

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A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

J.R.R. Tolkien

Tags: riddle egg

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Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking.

J.R.R. Tolkien

Tags: fish riddle

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Touching your cap to the squire may be damn bad for the squire, but it's damn good for you.

J.R.R. Tolkien

Tags: respect tradition

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Is it nice, my preciousss? Is it juicy? Is it scrumptiously crunchable?

J.R.R. Tolkien

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I can put it no plainer than by saying that Bilbo was meant to find the Ring, and not by its maker. In which case you also were meant to have it. And that may be an encouraging thought.

J.R.R. Tolkien

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But you comfort me, Gimli, I'm glad to have you standing nigh with your stout legs and your hard axe. I wish there were more of your kin among us. But even more would I give for a hundred good archers of Mirkwood."
- Legolas

J.R.R. Tolkien

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I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone.'
I should think so — in these parts! We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!

J.R.R. Tolkien

Tags: adventure

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