J R R Tolkien Quotes

J R R Tolkien Quote of the day

While persistence offers no guarantees, it does give 'luck' a chance to operate.

Always speak politely to an enraged dragon.

Not all that have fallen are vanquished.

It [discovering Finnish] was like discovering a wine-cellar filled with bottles of amazing wine of a kind and flavour never tasted before. It quite intoxicated me.

And here he was, a little halfling from the Shire, a simple hobbit of the quiet countryside, expected to find a way where the great ones could not go, or dared not go. It was an evil fate.

His love for Frodo rose above all other thoughts, and forgetting his peril he cried aloud: 'I'm coming Mr. Frodo!

Then holding the star aloft and the bright sword advanced, Frodo, hobbit of the Shire, walked steadily down to meet the eyes.

Give with a free hand, but give only of your own.

A light like the glint of water on dewy grass flashed from under her feet as she danced.

The church marched into his heart. Williams never abandon Anglicanism

Half the world is wandering, the other half is lost.

Sleepiness seemed to be creeping out of the ground and up their legs, and falling softly out of the air upon theirheads and eyes.

Strength is not created by adversity

Shhhhh, I am trying to read.

I am at home among trees.

Well, you can go on looking forward, " said Gandalf. "There may be many unexpected feasts ahead of you.

Did you know, ji, ’ Zulu offered, ‘that the map of Tolkien’s Middle earth fits quite well over central England and Wales? Maybe all fairylands are right here, in our midst.

Smeagol won't grub for roots and carrotses and - taters. What's taters, precious, eh, what's taters?""Po-ta-toes!" said Sam.

it is horrible being all alone.

Perhaps it is better not to tell what you wish. if you cannot have it.

To be a convincing story, you've got to know what you're talking about. In EVERY detail."-Rayner Unwin

Heaven is not a republic.

Is there any pleasure on earth as great as the circle of Christian friends by a good fire?

Don't trust your head, Samwise, it is not the best part of you.

At that moment there was a knock on the door, and Sam came in. He ran to Frodo and took his left hand, awkwardly and shyly. He stroked it gently and then he blushed and turned hastily away.

...and for a great deal it seemed good to him, for in the music there were no flaws.

The love of Arda was set in your hearts by Ilúvatar, and he does not plant to no purpose.

The key to having good scales is a healthy diet of venison when you’re just a wee dragon lad.

How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep.

The world is changing: I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air.

There are many forms of tyrants, but there are none so terrible as those stifling their own people in the name of freedom.

All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost.

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like

Grief is a hone to a hard mind.

I will not say: do not weep

Against delay. Against the way that seems easier. Against refusal of the burden that is laid on me. Against - well, if it must be said, against trust in the strength and truth of Men.

You know you've written a good book when even the people who hate it admit it's entertaining.

All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.

As they sang the hobbit felt in love of beautiful things made by hands and by cunning and by magic moving through him, a fierce and a jealous love, the desire of the hearts of dwarves.