149 Quotes About Tolkien

They made for his noise far quicker than he had expected. They were frightfully angry. Quite apart from the stones no spider has ever like being called Attercop, and Tomnoddy of course, is insulting to anybody.

Wagner's gods and heroes are exactly like human beings, on a grand scale: every human virtue and every human temptation is there. Tolkien leaves a good half of them out. No one in Middle Earth has any sexual relations at all. I think their children must be delivered by post.

I can die in any way the fates choose, that's not up to me. But what is within my power is to decide how I live. Courageously, or timidly.

To be a convincing story, you've got to know what you're talking about. In EVERY detail."-Rayner Unwin

Well, you can go on looking forward," said Gandalf. "There may be many unexpected feasts ahead of you.

Both [Satan and Melkor/Morgoth] are loud in their defiance, claiming that they would "rather rule in hell than serve in heaven". One might have admired these rebel angels if one believed their defiance was in the name of liberty- however, both lied. Their rebellions were only provoked by envy and the usurpers' wishes to take the perceived tyrants' place. Never were two more natural tyrants than Morgoth and Satan.

Half the world is wandering, the other half is lost.

false hopes are more dangerous than fears.

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