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The Fellowship of the Ring quotes

J. R. R. Tolkien

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“I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Books ought to have good endings. How would this do: and they all settled down and lived together happily ever after?” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Courage is found in unlikely places” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“And he that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Hobbits really are amazing creatures, as I have said before. You can learn all that there is to know about their ways in a month, and yet after a hundred years they can still surprise you at a pinch.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“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 out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“You can trust us to stick to you through thick and thin–to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours–closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We...” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“The future, good or ill, was not forgotten, but ceased to have any power over the present. Health and hope grew strong in them, and they were content with each good day as it came, taking pleasure in every meal, and in every word and song.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“I think that this task is appointed for you, Frodo; and that if you do not find a way, no one will.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door . . . You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“This is a serious journey, not a hobbit walking-party. Throw yourself in next time, and then you will be no further nuisance.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Well, let folly be our cloak, a veil before the eyes of the Enemy!” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Short cuts make long delays” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Be sure that he took so little hurt from the evil, and escaped in the end, because he began his ownership of the Ring so. With Pity.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them in the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill. But such falls and betrayals, alas, have happened before.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Memory is not what the heart desires. That is only a mirror” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Time doesn’t seem to pass here: it just is.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“For still there are so many things that I have never seen: in every wood in every spring there is a different green.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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