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Least Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men.…
- For the rest, they shall represent the other Free Peoples of the World: Elves, Dwarves, and Men, Legolas shall be for the Elves; and Gimli…
- We have sworn, and not lightly. This oath we will keep. We are threatened with many evils, and treason not least; but one thing is…
- Farewell! O Gandalf! May you ever appear where you are most needed and least expected!
- No, my heart will not yet despair. Gandalf fell and has returned and is with us. We may stand, if only on one leg, or…
- Dear me! We Tooks and Brandybucks, we can't live long on the heights.' 'No,' said Merry. 'I can't. Not yet, at any rate. But at…
- Rover did not know in the least where the moon's path led to, and at present he was much too frightened and excited to ask,…
- And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
- Nay! Alas for us all! And for all that walk in the world in these after-days. For such is the way of it: to find…
- My friend, you had horses, and deed of arms, and the free fields; but she, being born in the body of a maid, had a…
- There cannot be any 'story' without a fall - all stories are ultimately about the fall - at least not for human minds as we…
- Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal…
- 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…
- We may stand, if only on one leg, or at least be left still upon our knees.
- We all long for Eden, and we are constantly glimpsing it: our whole nature at its best and least corrupted, its gentlest and most human,…
- The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at…
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