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

It is the way of my people to use light words at such times and say less than they mean. We fear to say too much. It robs us of the right words when a jest is out of place.

When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.

Things will go as they will, and there is no need to hurry to meet them.

And its object is Art not power, sub-creation not domination and tyrannous re-forming of Creation.

And sometimes you didn't want to know the end… because how could the end be happy?

And long there he lay, an image of the splendour of the Kings of Men in glory undimmed before the breaking of the world.

I must indeed abide the Doom of Men whether I will or nill: the loss and the silence. But I say to you, King of the Numenoreans, not till now have I understood the tale of your people and their fall. As wicked fools I scorned them, but I pity them at last. For if this is indeed, as the Elves say, the gift of the One to Men, it is bitter to receive.

Here you find us sitting on a field of victory, amid the plunder of armies, and you wonder how we came by a few well-earned comforts!

Outside the ring of dancing warriors with spears and axes stood wolves at a respectful distance, watching and waiting.