Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien

“We set out to save the Shire, Sam and it has been saved - but not for me.”

“The treacherous are ever distrustful.”

“After all, I believe that legends and myths are largely made of truth, and indeed present aspects of it that can only be received in this mode; and long ago certain truths and modes of this kind were discovered and must always reappear.”

“To crooked eyes truth may wear a wry face”

“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.”

“Then hope unlooked-for came so suddenly to Eomers heart, and with it the bite of care and fear renewed, that he said no more, but turned and went swiftly from the hall.”

“Oh! That was poetry! said Pippin. Do you really mean to start before the break of day?”

“I love places that make you realise how tiny you and your problems are.”

“Then, Éowyn of Rohan, I say to you that you are beautiful. In the valleys of our hills there are flowers fair and bright, and maidens fairer still; but neither flower nor lady have I seen till now in Gondor so lovely, and so sorrowful. It may be that only a few days are left ere darkness falls upon our world, and when it comes I hope to face it steadily; but it would ease my heart, if while the Sun yet shines, I could see you still. For you and I have both passed under the wings of the Shadow, and the same hand drew us back.”

“And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.”

“Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament … There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves upon earth.”

“I can manage, said Frodo. I must.”

“End? No, the journey doesnt end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.”