Fantasy Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien

17 Fantasy quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Tolkien’s legacy lives in every line, and these 17 quotes distill his reverence for myth and nature. They offer a glimpse into the depth of his world‑building and the moral compass that guides his heroes.

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“True courage is knowing not when to take a life, but to save one.”

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“Elves are wondrous fair to look upon.”

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“Ask not the elves for advice, because they will tell you both 'yes' and 'no'.”

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“Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.”

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“But have a care! It is a bitter blade, and steel serves only those that can wield it. It will cut your…

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“Thus came Aragorn son of Arathorn, Elessar, Isildur's heir, out of the Paths of the Dead, borne upon a wind from the…

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“And so they stood on the walls of the City of Gondor, and a great wind rose and blew, and their hair,…

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“But of bliss and glad life there is little to be said, before it ends; as works fair and wonderful, while they…

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“And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the City, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed, recking…

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“It was an irresistible development of modern illustration (so largely photographic) that borders should be abandoned and the "picture" end only with…

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“Although now long estranged, Man is not wholly lost nor wholly changed. Dis-graced he may be, yet is not de-throned, and keeps…

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“It is usually assumed that children are the natural or the specially appropriate audience for fairy-stories. In describing a fairy-story which they…

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“A man inherited a field in which was an accumulation of old stone, part of an older hall. Of the old stone…

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“Not long ago-incredible though it may seem-I heard a clerk of Oxford declare that he 'welcomed' the proximity of mass-production robot factories,…

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“Why should a man be scorned, if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if, when…

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“For my present purpose I require a word which shall embrace both the Sub-Creative Art in itself, and a quality of strangeness…

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“Fantasy is a natural human activity. It certainly does not destroy or even insult Reason; and it does not either blunt the…

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“May your beer be laid under an enchantment of surpassing excellence for seven years!”

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