The Fellowship of the Ring Quotes

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”

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

topic:lovedarknessdangergrief

“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”

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

topic:deathjusticejudgement

“Time doesn’t seem to pass here: it just is.”

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

topic:time

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

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

topic:timeaction

“One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them in the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.”

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

topic:powerdarkness

“A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.”

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

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:friendshiptrust

“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:friendshiprelationship

“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