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| QUOTE COLLECTIONS OF J. R. R. Tolkien |
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Quotes By author - Starting with J - J. R. R. Tolkien
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There are 52 quotes for the author J. R. R. Tolkien
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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Faith
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The Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects the generally small reach of their imagination.
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Imagination
English
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Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes
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Marriage
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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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Food
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Little by little, one travels far.
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Travel
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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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Miscellaneous
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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.
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Justice
Work: The Lord Of the Rings, Book Four, Chapter One
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All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.
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Quotes from Plays
Work: The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954
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All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renenwed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.
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'What do you fear my lady?'
'A cage. To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them and all chance of valor has gone beyond beyond recall or desire.'
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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.
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Quotes from Plays
Work: The Hobbit
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I do not love the bright sword for it's sharpness, nor the arrow for it's swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend
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I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence.
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Miscellaneous
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A star shone at the hour of our meeting.
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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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Quotes from Plays
Work: The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954, chapter 2
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I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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“Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
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The wise speak only of what they know.
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The world is full enough of hurts and mischance without wars to multiply them.
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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, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.
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