The Fellowship of the Ring Quotes

“Memory is not what the heart desires. That is only a mirror”

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

topic:memorydesire

“May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.”

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

topic:darknesslight

“Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.”

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

topic:actiongreatness

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

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

topic:appearancetravel

“It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill. But such falls and betrayals, alas, have happened before.”

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

topic:enemy

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens”

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

topic:faith

“I think that this task is appointed for you, Frodo; and that if you do not find a way, no one will.”

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

topic:fateway

“Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story.”

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

topic:adventure

“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door . . . You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.”

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

topic:adventureway

“Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.”

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

topic:anger