1,027 Quotes by J. R. R. Tolkien

The dragon is coming or I am a fool!” he cried. “Cut the bridges! To arms! To arms!” Then warning trumpets were suddenly sounded, and echoed along the rocky shores. The cheering stopped and the joy was turned to dread.

You have chosen the Evening; but my love is given to the Morning.

I think I know already what counsel you would give, Boromir,” said Frodo. “And it would seem like wisdom but for the warning of my heart.

Still she did not blench: maiden of the Rohirrim, child of kings, slender but as a steel-blade, fair yet terrible.

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

So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending!

I should like to save the Shire, if I could - though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them.

I don't like allegories.

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