Memorable Quotes and quotations from J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 - 1973)J. R. R. Tolkien - The Fellowship of the Ring - All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. J. R. R. Tolkien - Spoken by Aragorn - The deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised. J. R. R. Tolkien - - Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. J. R. R. Tolkien - - With hope or without hope we will follow the trail of our enemies. And woe to them, if we prove the swifter! J. R. R. Tolkien - Mandos, The Silmarillion, Of the Flight of the Noldor - Their Oath shall drive them, and yet betray them, and ever snatch away the very treasures that they have sworn to pursue. J. R. R. Tolkien - The Fellowship of the Ring, spoken by Elrond - He should not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall. J. R. R. Tolkien - - Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate. J. R. R. Tolkien - The Hobbit - What do you mean? Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good on this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on? J. R. R. Tolkien - - The world has changed. I see it in the water. I feel it in the Earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, For none now live who remember it. J. R. R. Tolkien - - Little by little, one travels far. J. R. R. Tolkien - - The Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects the generally small reach of their imagination. J. R. R. Tolkien - The Hobbit - His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking, best, or a pleasant mixture of them all. J. R. R. Tolkien - Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - The board is set, the pieces are moving. We come to it at last... The great battle of our time. J. R. R. Tolkien - Gandalf on Saruman, The Two Towers - The treacherous are ever distrustful. J. R. R. Tolkien - Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. - Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise. J. R. R. Tolkien - The Fellowship of the Ring - Courage is found in unlikely places. J. R. R. Tolkien - - ...for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill. J. R. R. Tolkien - Letter to Michael Tolkien, March 1941 - Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to. J. R. R. Tolkien - The Lord Of the Rings, Book Four, Chapter One - Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends. J. R. R. Tolkien - Spoken by Faramir - I love you. I used to pity your sorrow. But now, were you sorrowless, without fear or any lack, still i would love you. J. R. R. Tolkien - The Return of the King - I have no help to send, therefore I must go myself. J. R. R. Tolkien - The Fellowship of the Ring, spoken by Boromir - For though I do not ask for aid, we need it. J. R. R. Tolkien - - If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. J. R. R. Tolkien - The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954 - All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost. J. R. R. Tolkien - Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Valour needs first strength, then a weapon. J. R. R. Tolkien - - Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. J. R. R. Tolkien - - Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works... J. R. R. Tolkien - - Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end. J. R. R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - All that we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. J. R. R. Tolkien - The Two Towers - The world changes, and all that once was strong now proves unsure. J. R. R. Tolkien - - I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. J. R. R. Tolkien - - There I lay staring upward, while the stars wheeled over... Faint to my ears came the gathered rumour of all lands: the springing and the dying, the song and the weeping, and the slow everlasting groan of overburdened stone. J. R. R. Tolkien - The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954, chapter 2 - One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. |
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