Lord of the Rings Sentence of the Day

Storage barrels were being opened.

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Derufin and Duilin, to their dark waters, meres of Morthond under mountain-shadows.

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Then they laid the bier upon a great wain with Riders of Rohan all about it and his banner borne before; and Merry being Théoden's esquire rode upon the wain and kept the arms of the king.

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For a while the hobbits continued to talk and think of the past journey and of the perils that lay ahead; but such was the virtue of the land of Rivendell that soon all fear and anxiety was lifted from their minds.

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It would have been useless in any case to try and win over the honest Radagast to treachery.

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'They are a strange company, these newcomers,' said Gimli.

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'No,' said Pippin, 'not yet.

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And old Mr. Bilbo knew more: many's the talk I had with him when I was a little lad.'

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Your heart is shrewd as well as faithful, and saw clearer than your eyes.

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Indeed I have heard that for them memory is more like to the waking world than to a dream.

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Lay your head in my lap.

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Take any one that you're fond of.

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But nay: the praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.

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Fare Well!

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'How do you know that?' said Éomer.

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But lest you still should think my tale a vision, I will tell you this.

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I couldn't find you.

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Far in the North is our home.

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`Let me hear it!'

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A plague on Dwarves and their stiff necks!

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Was it present in the battle?

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They looked about in amazement, first at Frodo, and then at Tom standing large as life on the barrow-top above them; and then at themselves in their thin white rags, crowned and belted with pale gold, and jingling with trinkets.

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And now we must enter the Golden Wood, you say.

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You must trust me now.

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He arrived in the grey morning, and seeks for counsel.

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This was Cirith Gorgor, the Haunted Pass, the entrance to the land of the Enemy.

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Sam, you're a marvel!' Then quickly and strangely his tone changed.

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'Half a moment!' said Pippin.

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He listened anxiously.

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I will send for it at once.

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