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J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

J. R. R. Tolkien quotes

English Novelist, Writer, Poet January 3, 1892 – September 2, 1973

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J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "The hands of a king are the hands of a healer."
The hands of a king are the hands of a healer. J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "Fly you fools"
Fly you fools J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "Bilbo saw that the moment had come when he must do something."
Bilbo saw that the moment had come when he must do something. J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "Don't put a lump of rock under my elbow again!-Gandalf the White"
Don't put a lump of rock under my elbow again!-Gandalf the White J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "Much evil must befall a country before it wholly forgets the..."
Much evil must befall a country before it wholly forgets the Elves, if once they dwelt there. J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "It matters little who is the enemy, if we cannot beat off his..."
It matters little who is the enemy, if we cannot beat off his attack. J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "The wide world is all about you; you can fense yourselves in,..."
The wide world is all about you; you can fense yourselves in, but you cannt forever fence it out. J. R. R. Tolkien
So, though there was still some store of weapons in the Shire, these were used mostly as trophies, hanging above hearths or on walls, or gathered into the museum at Michel Delving. The Mathom-house it was called; for anything that Hobbits had no immediate use for, but were unwilling to throw away, they called a mathom. Their dwellings were apt to become rather crowded with mathoms, and many of the presents that passed from hand to hand were of that sort. J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "Hail the victorious dead!"
Hail the victorious dead! J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "The authority is not granted you to deny the return of the king!"
The authority is not granted you to deny the return of the king! J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "All's well that ends better."
All's well that ends better. J. R. R. Tolkien
The only just literary critic," he concluded, "is Christ, who admires more than does any man the gifts He Himself has bestowed. J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "Clothes are of but little loss, if you escape from drowning."
Clothes are of but little loss, if you escape from drowning. J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and..."
I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and broke the mountain-side where he smote it in his ruin. J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "Step onto the road and there’s no telling where you might be..."
Step onto the road and there’s no telling where you might be swept off to. J. R. R. Tolkien

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