Fellowship Of The Ring Quotes - Page 2

• Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Advice

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.69, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• But it does not seem that I can trust anyone,' said Frodo. Sam looked at him unhappily. 'It all depends on what you want,' put in Merry. 'You can trust us to stick with 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 are your friends, Frodo.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Secret, Doe, Want

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• Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspirational, Life, Wise

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.69, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may be attempted by the weak with as much hope as the strong. Yet it 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

  Strong, Moving, Eye

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.194, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspirational, Life, Travel

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.65, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Years, Two, Half

  "Fictional character: Galadriel". "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", www.imdb.com. 2001.

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• One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Darkness, Books And Movies, Fellowship

  The Fellowship of the Ring epigraph (1954)

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• 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

  Death, Wish, Fellowship

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.48, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• If by my life or death I can protect you, I will.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Fellowship, Lord Of The Ring, Gimli

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• All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.48, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Dark, World, Lord Of The Ring

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.246, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• For even the very wise cannot see all ends.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Wise, Fellowship, Death Penalty

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.53, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Faith, Wise, Wisdom

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2014). “The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien”, p.414, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Instead of a Dark Lord, you would have a queen, not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Tempestuous as the sea, and stronger than the foundations of the earth! All shall love me and despair!

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Beautiful, Queens, Dark

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• I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Fellowship, Too Much, Bread

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• 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

  Love, Hope, Inspiration

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.246, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. 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

  Kings, Lying, Dark

  The Fellowship of the Ring epigraph (1954)

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• All that is gold does not glitter,
  Not all those who wander are lost;
  The old that is strong does not wither,
  Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
  
  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

  Faith, Strong, Kings

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.127, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• It is mine to give to whom I will, like my heart.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Heart, Giving, Lord

  "Fictional character: Arwen". "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", 2001.

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• I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.

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  Love, Romantic, Wedding

  "Fictional character: Arwen". "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", www.imdb.com. 2001.

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• A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Mean, Wizards, Fellowship

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• I will take the Ring", he said, "though I do not know the way.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Fellowship, Way, Lord Of The Ring

  The Fellowship of the Ring bk. 2, ch. 2 (1954)

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• He used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary. 'It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,' he used to say. '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

  Spring, Rivers, Feet

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.60, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Gandalf: Confound it all, Samwise Gamgee. Have you been eavesdropping? Sam: I ain't been droppin' no eaves sir, honest. I was just cutting the grass under the window there, if you'll follow me. Gandalf: A little late for trimming the verge, don't you think? Sam: I heard raised voices. Gandalf: What did you hear? Speak. Sam: N-nothing important. That is, I heard a good deal about a ring, and a Dark Lord, and something about the end of the world, but... Please, Mr. Gandalf, sir, don't hurt me. Don't turn me into anything... unnatural.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Hurt, Cutting, Dark

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• Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspirational, Life, Faith

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.201, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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