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Famous J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
“A story must be told or there'll be no story, yet it is the untold stories that are most moving.”
“Tell me, who are you, alone, yourself and nameless?”
“To be a cult figure in one's own lifetime is most unpleasant.”
“Where will wants not, a way opens.”
“I don't want to be in a battle. But waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse.”
“The world changes, and all that once was strong now proves unsure.”
“The Darkness has begun. There will be no dawn.”
“I'm in a position where it doesn't matter what people think of me now.”
“I don't feel any guilt complex about The Lord of the Rings.”
“Ultimately we've only got humanity to work with. It's only clay we've got.”
“People remember Longfellow wrote Hiawatha, quite forget he was a Professor of Modern Languages!”
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
“Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.”
“Courage is found in unlikely places.”
“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.”
“It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.”
“Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.”
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
“Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.”
“A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.”
