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J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

Did he say:"Hullo, Pippin! This is a pleasant surprise!"? No, indeed! He said:"Get up, you tom-fool of a Took! Where, in the name of wonder, in all this ruin is Treebeard? I want him. Quick"

-Pippin Took

J. R. R. Tolkien

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