You cannot pass," he said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. "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.
The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves.
But Tolkien doesn't ask the question: What was Aragorn's tax policy?
There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.
In the evening he went to the cinema to see "The Lord of the Rings", which he had never before had time to see. He thought that orcs, unlike human beings, were simple and uncomplicated creatures.
It’s an old Orc axe, which means he’s been in battle. Orcs have killed members of his family, and he’s trying to find the Orc that did it to him so that he can give it back. But as the journey goes on, Bifur actually becomes more lucid. He becomes a bit more focused, and the journey is a bit healing for him.
The wolf that one hears is worse than the orc that one fears.
Not all Tolkien haters are Orcs, but all Orcs are Tolkien haters.
