J. R. R. Tolkien Quote

I would have things as they were in all the days of my life... and in the days of my longfathers before me: to be the Lord of this City in peace, and leave my chair to a son after me, who would be his own master and no wizard's pupil. But if doom denies this to me, then I will have naught: neither life diminished, nor love halved, nor honour abated.


The return of the king (ed. 1966)


I would have things as they were in all the days of my life... and in the days of my longfathers before me: to be the Lord of this City in peace, and ...

I would have things as they were in all the days of my life... and in the days of my longfathers before me: to be the Lord of this City in peace, and ...

I would have things as they were in all the days of my life... and in the days of my longfathers before me: to be the Lord of this City in peace, and ...

I would have things as they were in all the days of my life... and in the days of my longfathers before me: to be the Lord of this City in peace, and ...