894 Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien

The wind came down from mountains cold / And like a tide it roared and rolled / The branches groaned, the forest moaned / And leaves were laid upon the mould

Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.

The wind went on from West to East; / All movement in the forest ceased / But shrill and harsh across the marsh / Its whistling voices were released

I'm wasted on cross-country! We Dwarves are natural sprinters, very dangerous over short distances.

Farewell... my brave Hobbits. My work is now finished. Here at last, on the shores of the sea... comes the end of our Fellowship. I will not say, Do not weep... not all tears are an evil.

Farewell, they cried, 'Wherever you fare till your eyries receive you at the journey's end!' That is the polite thing to say among eagles.

Hold your ground, hold your ground! Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day.

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

The treacherous are always distrustful.