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Course Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
- The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision. That is…
- Middle-earth is our world. I have (of course) placed the action in a purely imaginary (though not wholly impossible) period of antiquity, in which the…
- The War is not over (and the one that is, or the part of it, has been largely lost). But it is of course wrong…
- The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision.
- This of course is the way to talk to dragons, if you don't want to reveal your proper name which is wise, and don't want…
- There was a solemn article in the local paper seriously advocating systematic exterminating of the entire German nation as the only proper course after military…
- What course am I to take?" "Towards danger; but not too rashly, nor too straight.
- The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may…
- Still, I wonder if we shall ever be put into songs or tales. We're in one, of course; but I mean: put into words, you…
- They were frightfully angry. Quite apart from the stones no spider has ever liked being called Attercop, and Tomnoddy of course is insulting to anybody.
- I knew that danger lay ahead, of course; but I did not expect to meet it in our own Shire. Can't a hobbit walk from…
- Such is of the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of…
- They hammered on the outer gate and called, but there was at first no answer; and then to their surprise someone blew a horn, and…
- It would be the death of you to come with me, Sam," said Frodo, "and I could not have borne that." "Not as certain as…
- I desired dragons with a profound desire. Of course, I in my timid body did not wish to have them in the neighborhood. But the…
- Mercy!" cried Gandalf. "If the giving of knowledge is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days…
- Of course, it is likely enough, my friends,' he said slowly, 'likely enough that we are going to our doom: the last march of the…
- I will not give you counsel, saying do this, or do that. For not in doing or contriving, nor in choosing between this course and…
- Frodo: Go back, Sam! I’m going to Mordor alone. Sam: Of course you are, and I’m coming with you!
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