J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

“But I don't think I ought to leave my friends like this, after all we have gone through together.”

― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

topic:friendship

“ I am glad that you are here with me . . . Here at the end of all things, Sam.”

― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

topic:friendship

“You can trust us to stick to you through thick and thin–to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours–closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We...”

― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

topic:friendship trust

“I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”

― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

topic:friendship relationship

“And he that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”

― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

topic:wisdom

“Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.”

― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

topic:wisdom

“We fear to say too much. It robs us of the right words when a jest is out of place.”

― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

topic:words

“And he sang to them, now in the elven-tongue, now in the speech of the West, until their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed, and their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together...”

― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

topic:pain joy

“Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear; nor are they one thing among Elves and Dwarves and another among Men. It is a man’s part to discern them, as much in the Golden Wood as in his own house.”

― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

topic:good evil

“a traitor may betray himself and do good that he does not intend.”

― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

topic:good

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