So many excellent lines. Quite a few of my favorites have already been mentioned. But here are a few more:
"Then he raised up both his hands, and in one chord, deeper than the abyss, higher than the firmament, piercing as the light of the eye of Iluvatar, the music ceased."
Ainulindale
"This I say to you lord, with the eyes of death: though we part here for ever, and I shall not look on your white walls again, from me and from you a new star shall arise. Farewell!"
Huor to Turgon, Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
"Well, I'm back" - Sam Gamgee, LotR VI 9
"I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass."
Gandalf to Balrog, LotR II 5
And perhaps my favorite:
"And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the City, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed, recking nothing of wizardry or war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn.
And as if in answer there came from far away another note. Horns, horns, horns. In dark Mindolluin’s sides they dimly echoed. Great horns of the North wildly blowing. Rohan had come at last."
LotR V 4
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