--- title: "16 Long Quotes By J. R. R. Tolkien" description: "16 Long quotes by J. R. R. Tolkien. Plus more from J. R. R. Tolkien and more Long sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66f/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_delays_short-cuts-make-long-delays-2609989_2609989.png" --- > [Short cuts make long delays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/short-cuts-make-long-delays/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66f/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_delays_short-cuts-make-long-delays-2609989_2609989.png) > [Don't dip your beard in the foam, Father!" They cried to Thorin. "It is long enough without watering it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/don-t-dip-your-beard-in-the-foam-father-they-cried-to-thorin-it-is/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/986/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_beard_don-t-dip-your-beard-in-the-foam-father_1738315.png) > [Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed. (Of Sam)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/being-a-cheerful-hobbit-he-had-not-needed-hope-as-long-as-despair-2/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0b/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_cheerful_being-a-cheerful-hobbit-he-had-not-neede_3093808.png) > [I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, and of people who will see a world that I shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/i-sit-beside-the-fire-and-think-of-people-long-ago-and-of-people-who/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_fire_i-sit-beside-the-fire-and-think-of-peopl_2625628.png) > [Long ago certain truths were discovered... And must always reappear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/long-ago-certain-truths-were-discovered-and-must-always-reappear/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b66/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_certain_long-ago-certain-truths-were-discovered_2840120.png) > [Nobody believes me when I say that my long book is an attempt to create a world in which a form of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/nobody-believes-me-when-i-say-that-my-long-book-is-an-attempt-to/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5aa/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_aesthetic_nobody-believes-me-when-i-say-that-my-lo_474304.png) > [The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/the-original-hobbit-was-never-intended-to-have-a-sequel-bilbo/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_almost_the-original-hobbit-was-never-intended-t_471150.png) > [Their horses were of great stature, strong and clean-limbed; their gray coats glistened, their long tails flowed in the wind, their manes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/their-horses-were-of-great-stature-strong-and-clean-limbed-their-gray/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_clean_their-horses-were-of-great-stature-stron_1452712.png) > [The enemy? His sense of duty was no less than yours, I deem. You wonder what his name is, where he came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/the-enemy-his-sense-of-duty-was-no-less-than-yours-i-deem-you-wonder/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dc/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_corpses_the-enemy-his-sense-of-duty-was-no-less_11653.png) > ["We will make such a chase as shall be accounted a marvel among the Three Kindreds: Elves, Dwarves and Men. Forth the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/we-will-make-such-a-chase-as-shall-be-accounted-a-marvel-among-the/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/668/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_behinds_we-will-make-such-a-chase-as-shall-be-ac_1392921.png) > [He did not go much further, but sat down on the cold floor and gave himself up to complete miserableness, for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/he-did-not-go-much-further-but-sat-down-on-the-cold-floor-and-gave/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bef/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_cold_he-did-not-go-much-further-but-sat-down_1483405.png) > [Much of the same sort of degraded and filthy talk can still be heard among the orc-minded; dreary and repetitive with hatred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/much-of-the-same-sort-of-degraded-and-filthy-talk-can-still-be-heard/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b04/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_contempt_much-of-the-same-sort-of-degraded-and-fi_23787.jpg) > [My name is growing all the time, and I’ve lived a very long, long time; so my name is like a story.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/my-name-is-growing-all-the-time-and-i-ve-lived-a-very-long-long-time/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b94/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_growing_my-name-is-growing-all-the-time-and-i-ve_1991816.png) > [We are being at once wisely aware of our own frivolity if we avoid hitting and whacking and prefer 'striking' and 'smiting';…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/we-are-being-at-once-wisely-aware-of-our-own-frivolity-if-we-avoid/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_brave_we-are-being-at-once-wisely-aware-of-our_510461.jpg) > [To the sea, to the sea! The white gulls are crying, The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying. West,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/to-the-sea-to-the-sea-the-white-gulls-are-crying-the-wind-is-blowing/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b3/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_bores_to-the-sea-to-the-sea-the-white-gulls-ar_1700081.jpg) > [ One writes such a story \[The Lord of the Rings\] not out of the leaves of trees still to be observed, nor… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/one-writes-such-a-story-the-lord-of-the-rings-not-out-of-the-leaves/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e14/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_botany_one-writes-such-a-story-the-lord-of-the_2687967.png) ## Other authors on Long ## More by J. R. R. Tolkien > [I never liked Hans Christian Andersen because I knew he was always getting at me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/i-never-liked-hans-christian-andersen-because-i-knew-he-was-always/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/no-half-heartedness-and-no-worldly-fear-must-turn-us-aside-from/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [If you don't know where you're going, you'll wind up somewhere else. Not all those who wander are lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/if-you-don-t-know-where-you-re-going-you-ll-wind-up-somewhere-else/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [The enemy? His sense of duty was no less than yours, I deem. You wonder what his name is, where he came from. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/the-enemy-his-sense-of-duty-was-no-less-than-yours-i-deem-you-wonder/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [Much of the same sort of degraded and filthy talk can still be heard among the orc-minded; dreary and repetitive with hatred and contempt,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/much-of-the-same-sort-of-degraded-and-filthy-talk-can-still-be-heard/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [It was a hobbit hole, and that means comfort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/it-was-a-hobbit-hole-and-that-means-comfort/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [Adventures make one late for supper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/adventures-make-one-late-for-supper/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/the-lord-of-the-rings-is-of-course-a-fundamentally-religious-and/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [I have no help to send, therefore I must go myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/i-have-no-help-to-send-therefore-i-must-go-myself/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [Many are the strange chances of the world, and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/many-are-the-strange-chances-of-the-world-and-help-oft-shall-come/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [Mind your P's and Q's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/mind-your-p-s-and-q-s/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [If you're going to have a complicated story you must work to a map; otherwise you'll never make a map of it afterwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/if-you-re-going-to-have-a-complicated-story-you-must-work-to-a-map/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [Outside the ring of dancing warriors with spears and axes stood wolves at a respectful distance, watching and waiting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/outside-the-ring-of-dancing-warriors-with-spears-and-axes-stood/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [You have to understand the good in things, to detect the real evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/you-have-to-understand-the-good-in-things-to-detect-the-real-evil/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [The mind that thought of light, heavy, grey, yellow, still, swift, also conceived of magic that would make heavy things light and able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/the-mind-that-thought-of-light-heavy-grey-yellow-still-swift-also/) [J. R. R. 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