Maria: "We shall build a tower that will reach to the stars!" Having conceived Babel, yet unable to build it themselves, they had thousands to build it for them. But those who toiled knew nothing of the dreams of those who planned. And the minds that...
free from ivory-tower the pencil twirls across the footpath
My focus on 9/11 was on the victims - in the towers, in the planes - and all that loss.
Pippin: [of Treebeard] Don't talk to it, Merry. Don't encourage it.
Elves are wondrous fair to look upon.
Legolas: They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard.
Pippin: Merry? Merry: What, Pip? Pippin: I'm hungry.
Treebeard: The Ents are going to war.
Saruman: There will be no dawn... for men.
[H]e could see the island of Manhattan off to the left. The towers were jammed together so tightly, he could feel the mass and stupendous weight.Just think of the millions, from all over the globe, who yearned to be on that island, in those towers, i...
So through endless twilights I dreamed and waited, though I knew not what I waited for. Then in the shadowy solitude my longing for light grew so frantic that I could rest no more, and I lifted entreating hands to the single black ruined tower that r...
There was a small wooden gazebo built out over the water; Isabelle was sitting in it, staring out across the lake. She looked like a princess in a fairy tale, waiting at the top of her tower for someone to ride up and rescue her. Not that traditional...
There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of Men for this treachery.
Wizards are always troubled about the future.
Gandalf: Often does hatred hurt itself!
The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.
You have to understand, I grew up in the shadow of the Safeco tower.
There was a lot of terrible, terrible comedy in the seventies along with 'Fawlty Towers.' It's easy to forget.
Most of my adult life I had this towering contempt for America.
Gollum: [to Sam] Stupid, fat hobbit.
Gollum: [to Frodo] Don't follow the lights.
