The War of the Ring Quotes

“Almost I wished I was an elf and had no need of sleep, or could both sleep and wake at once, as it seems that Legolas can. ‘I”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

“Not by the hand of man was the Lord of the Nazgûl doomed to fall, and in that doom placed his trust. But he was felled by a woman and with the aid of a halfling;”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

“Where is Gandalf? He comes in late [or later] and tells of Théoden’s fall,6 and Yoreth’s words. They go to Houses of Healing, and Aragorn asks for athelas. He heals the sick. Yoreth says he must be king. After supper he heals many sick.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

“I have seen’ says Denethor ‘ships coming up Anduin: I will no more yield to an upstart – and even if his claim be true of the younger line: I am Steward for the sons of Anárion not of Isildur – than [to] my dark foe.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

“Do you wish then,’ said Faramir, ‘that our places had been exchanged?’ ‘Yes, I wish that indeed,’ said Denethor. ‘Or no,’ and then he shook his head; and rising suddenly laid his hand on his son’s shoulder. ‘Do not judge me harshly, my son,’ he said, ‘or think that I am harsh. Love is not blind. I knew your brother also. I would wish only that he had been in your place, if I were sure of one thing.’ ‘And what is that, my father?’ ‘That he was as strong in heart as you, and as trustworthy. That taking this thing he had brought it to me, and not fallen under thraldom.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

“this was a deadly serious matter, and no masquerade in borrowed plumes.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

“Three lords shall come from the three kindreds”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

“In a group by themselves were the Rangers. They were clad in dark grey and their horses were rough-haired.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

“Perhaps Pippin’s concluding sentence, consisting of three or four wholly illegible words, was equally obscure to Thalion.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

“a ferret in the garb of a rabbit.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

“cyclopean’ concentric walls”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

“When the Eorlingas came first to Dun Harrow they had found only one old man living in a cave, speaking in a strange tongue. None could understand him. Often he spoke and seemed to desire to tell them something, but he died before any could read his words. Where were all the rest of his folk?”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

“then as its power waxed, and hope grew in Frodo’s mind, it began to burn’;”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

“Do you think Shelob is a good name for a monstrous spider creature? It is of course only ‘she + lob’ ( = spider), but written as one, it seems to be quite noisome.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

“Wonderful folk they are, aren’t they? Think of the things they can make and the things they say! You don’t find out their worth or their meaning all at once, as it were: it comes out afterwards, unexpected like. Just a bit of well-made rope in a boat, and there it is: one day it’s just what you want, and it unknots itself when you ask it and jumps to your hand.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

“[struck out: Shorab or Shorob in the East,]”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

“Sam hears him beginning to hold colloquies with himself. It is a sort of good Smeagol angry with a bad Gollum.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

“Easy,’ said Sam. ‘We got up in the dim light this morning and you just picked mine up. I noticed it and was going to speak up, when I noticed that yours was a tidier sight heavier than mine. I reckoned you’d been carrying more than your share of tackle and what not ever since I set off in such a hurry, so I thought I’d take a turn. And I thought less said less argument.’ ‘Well meant cheek,’ said Frodo; ‘but you’ve been rewarded for the well meaning anyway.’ They”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

“Dangerous to us all are devices made by a knowledge and art deeper than we possess ourselves.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

“No! because if Saruman had wished to warn Mordor of the ruin of Isengard and the presence of Gandalf and hobbits he had only to use Glass in normal fashion and inform Sauron direct. ? But he may have wished (a) to kill Gandalf, (b) to get rid of the link. Sauron may have been pressing him to come to the”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

“Very odd, very odd how things work out! But I begin now to wonder a little.’ He stroked his beard. ‘Was this ball really thrown to slay me after all? Or to slay me if it might, and do something else if it missed? Was it thrown without Saruman’s knowledge? Hm! Things may have been meant to go much as they have gone – except that you looked in, not me! Hm! Well.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

“Fair is the riding forth, friend,’ he said; ‘but often the road is bitter.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The War Of The Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three