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More J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
“You aren’t nearly through this adventure yet.”
J. R. R. Tolkien
Adventure, Journey, Perseverance, Challenge, Future
J. R. R. Tolkien Adventure, Journey, Perseverance, Challenge, Future“If simple folk are free from care and fear, simple they will be, and we must be secret to keep them so.” J. R. R. Tolkien
Simplicity, Protection, Fear, Care, Secrecy
J. R. R. Tolkien Simplicity, Protection, Fear, Care, Secrecy“Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.” J. R. R. Tolkien
Moonlight, Stars, Night, Darkness, Light
J. R. R. Tolkien Moonlight, Stars, Night, Darkness, Light“Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking.” J. R. R. Tolkien
Riddle, Mystery, Life, Death, Water
J. R. R. Tolkien Riddle, Mystery, Life, Death, Water“Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.” J. R. R. Tolkien
Wizards, Caution, Power, Wisdom, Anger
J. R. R. Tolkien Wizards, Caution, Power, Wisdom, Anger“But I have been too deeply hurt, Sam. I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: some one has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.” J. R. R. Tolkien
Sacrifice, Loss, Duty, Hope, Selflessness
J. R. R. Tolkien Sacrifice, Loss, Duty, Hope, Selflessness“It’s a dangerous business, going out your door.” J. R. R. Tolkien
Adventure, Courage, Journey, Risk, Exploration
J. R. R. Tolkien Adventure, Courage, Journey, Risk, Exploration“I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, and of people who will see a world that I shall never know.” J. R. R. Tolkien
Reflection, Legacy, Memory, Connection, Time
J. R. R. Tolkien Reflection, Legacy, Memory, Connection, Time“I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.” J. R. R. Tolkien
Companionship, Endings, Sam, Friendship, Finality
J. R. R. Tolkien Companionship, Endings, Sam, Friendship, Finality“Well, no need to brood on what tomorrow may bring. For one thing, tomorrow will be certain to bring worse than today, for many days to come. And there is nothing more that I can do to help it. The board is set, and the pieces are moving. One.” J. R. R. Tolkien
Fate, Tomorrow, Change, Strategy, Movement
J. R. R. Tolkien Fate, Tomorrow, Change, Strategy, Movement“A few melancholy birds were pipping and wailing, until the round red sun sank slowly into the western shadows; then an empty silence fell.” J. R. R. Tolkien
Silence, Birds, Evening, Melancholy, Sunset
J. R. R. Tolkien Silence, Birds, Evening, Melancholy, Sunset“A good vocabulary is not acquired by reading books written according to some notion of the vocabulary of one’s age group. It comes from reading books above one.” J. R. R. Tolkien
Vocabulary, Learning, Growth, Reading, Education
J. R. R. Tolkien Vocabulary, Learning, Growth, Reading, Education“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.” J. R. R. Tolkien
War, Defense, Love, Honor, Peace
J. R. R. Tolkien War, Defense, Love, Honor, Peace“True education is a kind of never ending story – a matter of continual beginnings, of habitual fresh starts, of persistent newness.” J. R. R. Tolkien
Education, Learning, Story, Growth, Renewal
J. R. R. Tolkien Education, Learning, Story, Growth, Renewal“No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.” J. R. R. Tolkien
Courage, Determination, Light, Fear, Faith
J. R. R. Tolkien Courage, Determination, Light, Fear, Faith“I declare the Mountain besieged. You shall not depart from it, until you call on your side for a truce and a parley. We will bear no weapons against you, but we leave you to your gold. You may eat that, if you will!” J. R. R. Tolkien
Mountain, Siege, Truce, Gold, Parley
J. R. R. Tolkien Mountain, Siege, Truce, Gold, Parley“I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.” J. R. R. Tolkien
Tears, Grief, Comfort, Emotion, Wisdom
J. R. R. Tolkien Tears, Grief, Comfort, Emotion, Wisdom“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” J. R. R. Tolkien
Value, Cheer, Gold, Simplicity, Happiness
J. R. R. Tolkien Value, Cheer, Gold, Simplicity, Happiness“The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.” J. R. R. Tolkien
Pain, World, War, Misfortune, Peace
J. R. R. Tolkien Pain, World, War, Misfortune, Peace“There were many paths that led up into those mountains, and many passes over them. But most of the paths were cheats and deceptions and led nowhere or to bad ends; and most of the passes were infested by evil things and dreadful dangers. The dwarves and the hobbit, helped by the wise advice of Elrond and the knowledge and memory of Gandalf, took the right road to the right pass.” J. R. R. Tolkien
Paths, Choices, Danger, Wisdom, Guidance
J. R. R. Tolkien Paths, Choices, Danger, Wisdom, Guidance