Rings Quotes

• 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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• One does not simply walk into Mordor.

  Peter Jackson

  Movie, Doe, Fellowship

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

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• Freedom rings where opinions clash.

  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Freedom, Opinion, Clash

  Quoted by Ted Weiss during a Congressional hearing, November 13, 1985.

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

  Liv Tyler

  Love, Romantic, Wedding

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

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• There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Orcs, World, Fellowship

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.220, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Sad, Grief, Evil

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.1007, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tower high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For 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.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Faith, Stars, Heart

  J. R. R. Tolkien (1980). “The Lord of the Rings: The return of the King”

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• The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Life, Nature, World

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.69, 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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• 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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• It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Darkness, Shadow, World

  "Fictional character: Sam". "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", www.imdb.com. 2002.

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• The road goes ever on and on

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Books And Movies, Errands, Fellowship

  The Fellowship of the Ring bk. 1, ch. 1 (1954)

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• Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Pro Life, Abortion, Fellowship

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

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• All that is gold does not glitter.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Being Strong, Travel, Fantasy Novels

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.179, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
  The crownless again shall be king.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Kings, Roots, Fantasy Novels

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.180, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Hope, Optimistic, Fighting

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• Ash, ash —- You poke and stir. Flesh, bone, there is nothing there—— A cake of soap, A wedding ring, A gold filling. Herr God, Herr Lucifer Beware Beware. Out of the ash I rise with my red hair And I eat men like air.

  Sylvia Plath

  Men, Hair, Cake

  "Lady Lazarus" l. 82 (1963)

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• Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.

  Erma Bombeck

  Car, Onions, Onion Rings

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• But the only measure that he knows is desire desire for power and so he judges all hearts. Into his heart the thought will not enter that any will refuse it that having the Ring we may seek to destroy it. If we seek this we shall put him out of reckoning.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Heart, Judging, Desire

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

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• What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!' Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need. And he has been well rewarded, Frodo. Be sure that he took so little hurt from the evil, and escaped in the end, because he began his ownership of the Ring so. With Pity.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Hurt, Hands, Evil

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.51, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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