Famous Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien

“What do you fear, lady? [Aragorn] asked. A cage, [Éowyn] said. To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.”

“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.”

“The treacherous are ever distrustful.”

“There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark.”

“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.”

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

“Never laugh at live dragons.”

“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.”

“Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I goTo heal my heart and drown my woeRain may fall, and wind may blowAnd many miles be still to goBut under a tall tree will I lieAnd let the clouds go sailing by”

“The world was fair, the mountains tallIn Elder Days before the fall...”

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

A new day will come, and when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer.

In the realm of chivalry, every act of kindness is a knightly deed.