The Tolkien Quote Database
Quotes tagged Death
"Deserves it! I dare say he does. Many that live deserve death and some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be so eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the wise cannot see all ends."
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Shadow of the Past, The Fellowship of the Ring
"Come not between the Nazgûl and his prey! Or he will not slay thee in thy turn. He will bear thee away to the houses of lamentation, beyond all darkness, where thy flesh shall be devoured, and thy shriveled mind be left naked to the Lidless Eye."
The Witch-King of Angmar to Éowyn
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Battle of the Pelennor Fields, The Return of the King