BEST LOTR BOOK QUOTES

“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

“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 Two Towers

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. 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

“Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Courage is found in unlikely places.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“It is useless to meet revenge with revenge: it will heal nothing.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

“Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I 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.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

“The treacherous are ever distrustful.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“To have peace, we must first have understanding.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

“It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing… such a little thing.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“I have found that it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit FAMILY QUOTES FUNNY

“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 judgment.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

“I 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.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

“The world changes, and all that once was strong now proves unsure.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

“Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

“Even the smallest creature can change the course of the future.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“The mark of a good song is that its verses may be sung when it is listened to.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

“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

“The wide world is all about you. You can fence yourselves in, but you cannot ever fence it out.” – 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

“I will not say ‘do not weep’, for not all tears are an evil.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King