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

It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons.

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

Rover did not know in the least where the moon's path led to, and at present he was much too frightened and excited to ask, and anyway he was beginning to get used to extraordinary things happening to him.

I do not love the bright sword for it's sharpness, nor the arrow for it's swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend

Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.

A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.

grows like a seed in the dark out of the leaf-mould of the mind: out of all that has been seen or thought or read, that has long ago been forgotten, descending into the deeps.

Faithful heart may have froward tongue.

All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.