The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may be attempted by the weak with as much hope as the strong. Yet it is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: Small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.
J.R.R. TolkienTag: humility perseverance catholicism catholic lord-of-the-rings
You cannot pass!
J.R.R. TolkienTag: lord-of-the-rings j-r-r-tolkien
How shall a man judge what to do in such times?'
'As he has ever judged,' said Aragorn. 'Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear; nor are they one thing among Elves and Dwarves and another among Men. It is a man's part to discern them, as much in the Golden Wood as in his own house.
Tag: catholicism catholic lord-of-the-rings catholic-spirituality
There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.
J.R.R. TolkienTag: inspirational tolkien lord-of-the-rings middle-earth sam-gamgee
End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it.
Peter JacksonTag: journey death lord-of-the-rings
But I am the real Strider, fortunately. I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will.
J.R.R. TolkienTag: heroes lord-of-the-rings oath aragorn gallantry
Yet seldom do they fail of their seed, And that will lie in the dust and rot to spring up again in times and places unlooked-for. The deeds of Men will outlast us.
J.R.R. TolkienTag: lord-of-the-rings elven
There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.
J.R.R. TolkienTag: lord-of-the-rings
Nobody believes me when I say that my long book is an attempt to create a world in which a form of language agreeable to my personal aesthetic might seem real. But it is true.
J.R.R. TolkienTag: language lord-of-the-rings worldbuilding
But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.
J.R.R. TolkienTag: tolkien lord-of-the-rings middle-earth Éowyn
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