It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
J. R. R. TOLKIENFor like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.
More J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
-
-
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
I will not walk backward in life.
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 -
Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
Never laugh at live dragons.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
May the hair on your toes never fall out!
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN






