What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked. "A cage," [Éowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and … - J. R. R. Tolkien

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

The Lord, creator of life, has given us information to act upon that is guaranteed by him to guide us to our goal of life eternal.

J. R. R. Tolkien

What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked. "A cage," [Éowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.

Age, Chance, Desire, Fear, Old, Said

Same Author Quotes

Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.

Call, Cowardly, Heroism, Living, Preservation, Self

A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.

Cut, Cutting, Fear, Flies, Short, Taken

For if joyful is the fountain that rises in the sun, its springs are in the wells of sorrow unfathomable at the foundations of the Earth.

Foundation, Joyful, Sorrow, Spring, Springs, Wells

It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end… because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing… this shadow. Even darkness must pass.

Back, Danger, Darkness, Shadow, World

I am dreading the publication, for it will be impossible not to mind what is said. I have exposed my heart to be shot at.

Heart, Impossible, Mind, Publication, Shot

Similar Quotes

Chrissie Hynde

In fact, I've only been to a couple of other people's dinner parties. But I must admit, I really enjoyed the few I've been to, but I'm not really on that circuit.

Admit, Couple, Dinner, Fact, Party, People

Tony Blair

Nothing is more important to England's arrangements for the World Cup than the state of David Beckham's foot.

Feet, Important, Nothing, State, World

Elaine A. Cannon

The Lord, creator of life, has given us information to act upon that is guaranteed by him to guide us to our goal of life eternal.

Eternal, Goal, Information, Life, Lord

Henny Youngman

Losing a wife can be very hard. In my case, it was almost impossible.

Hard, Impossible, Losing, Wife

Ally Carter

As soon as she was close, she whispered, "you've got to get out of here. " "No, you've got to get out of here," he told her. "Go downstairs. Go now. " "No," she countered. "You go. " "Why?" he asked. "You tell me first. " But before they could say another word, the last elevator slid slowly open and two men in masks rushed out. From the opposite side of the of the ballroom, shots rang out, rapid fire, piercing the ceiling, plaster falling onto the dance floor like snow. And then Hale and Macey whispered in unison, "Because of that.

Countered, Fall, Fire, Men, Say, Slid