What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
J. R. R. TOLKIENI do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.
More J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
-
-
And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
Come, Mr. Frodo!’ he cried. ‘I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN