Lord of the rings Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien

“I wonder,' said Frodo. 'It's my doom, I think, to go to that Shadow yonder, so that a way will be found.…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Even in ancient days they were, as a rule, shy of 'the Big Folk', as they call us, and now they avoid…

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“I see that you are an elf-friend; the light in your eyes and the ring in your voice tells it.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: some one has to give them up, lose them, so that…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

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

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“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Sam: Mordor. The one place in Middle-earth we don't want to see any closer, and the one place we're trying to get…

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“Little did I know where the chief peril lay! Truly Elrond spoke, saying that we could not foresee what we might meet…

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“The light sprang up again, and there on the brink of the chasm, at the very Crack of Doom, stood Frodo, black…

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“Against delay. Against the way that seems easier. Against refusal of the burden that is laid on me. Against - well, if…

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“An ultimately evil job. For we are attempting to conquer Sauron with the Ring. And we shall (it seems) succeed. But the…

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“How shall a man judge what to do in such times?' 'As he has ever judged,' said Aragorn. 'Good and ill have…

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“How shall a man judge what to do in such times?' 'As he ever has judged,' said Aragorn. 'Good and ill have…

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“I felt that something horrible was near from the moment that my foot first touched the water,' said Frodo. 'What was that…

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“Or more important, I an a Christian (which can be deduced from my stories), and in fact a Roman Catholic. The latter…

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“And as the captains gazed south to the Land of Mordor, it seemed to them that, black against the pall of cloud,…

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“Sam: I wonder if we'll ever be put into songs or tales. Frodo: [turns around] What? Sam: I wonder if people will…

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“Are we riding far tonight, Gandalf?” asked Merry after a while. “I don’t know how you feel with small rag-tag dangling behind…

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“When evening in the Shire was grey his footsteps on the Hill were heard; before the dawn he went away on journey…

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“Gandalf and Pippin came to Merry's room, and there they found Aragorn standing by the bed. 'Poor old Merry!' cried Pippin, and…

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“Elven Hymn to Elbereth Snow-white! Snow-white! O Lady clear! O Queen beyond the Western Seas! O Light to us that wander here…

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“But this is terrible!’ cried Frodo. ‘Far worse than the worst that I imagined from your hints and warnings. O Gandalf, best…

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“Hobbits always so polite, yes! O nice hobbits! Smeagol brings them up secret ways that nobody else could find. Tired he is,…

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“It is not possible even at great length to “pot” The Lord of the Rings in a paragraph or two … It…

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