30 8 / 2012
I’ve been collecting different editions of Tolkien’s books
This is about half of my collection
29 8 / 2012
lotr is the reason why i’m anti-war
isn’t that odd
when i read the section in the two towers where sam saw the dead easterling it really changed how i viewed war
“he wondered what the man’s name was and where he came from, and if he was really evil of heart or what lies or threats had led him on the long march from his home, and if he would not really rather have stayed there in peace” (that was from memory so forgive me if it’s wrong)
i don’t know that just impacted me like nothing ever has before, it’s so profound and understanding and just loving honestly
26 1 / 2012
Interviewer: Do you wish to be remembered chiefly by your writings on philology or other matters, or by “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit?”
J.R.R. Tolkien: If I had the choice of “The Lord of the Rings” I’d take it.
(Source: youtube.com, via gothicsanctuary-deactivated2012)
25 1 / 2012
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.
This part of the book always had me sobbing. It’s basically one of my favorite quotes ever. =’)
i completely agree! my second favorite part of the book :)
(Source: wildshieldmaiden)
25 1 / 2012
"The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places. But still there is much that is fair. And though in all lands, love is now mingled with grief, it still grows, perhaps, the greater."
25 1 / 2012
The full painting for the Lord of The Rings covers by Barbara Remington.
(This post inspired by Random Signal)
(Source: formelixir)
18 1 / 2012
"As he fell slowly into sleep, Pippin had a strange feeling: he and Gandalf were still as stone, seated upon the statue of a running horse, while the world rolled away beneath his feet with a great noise of wind."
(via believeinmiddlearth)
