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Famous J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
“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.”
“I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.”
“He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”
“The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places.”
“For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
“Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.”
“Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.”
“It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.”
“Deep roots are not reached by the frost.”
“May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.”
“May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.”
“There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.”
“I will take the Ring", he said, "though I do not know the way.”
“A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.”
“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life.”
“And what do you wish?' he said at last. 'That what should be shall be,' she answered.”
“Frodo: Go back, Sam! I’m going to Mordor alone. Sam: Of course you are, and I’m coming with you!”