J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

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J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

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J. R. R. Tolkien

Novelist, Scholar

Courageous

“But I am the real Strider, fortunately. I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will.”

Real Son Life Or Death

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J. R. R. Tolkien

Novelist, Scholar

Melancholic

“I am old, Gandalf. I don't look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts. Well-preserved indeed! Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread. That can't be right. I need a change, or something.”

Mean Heart Tired

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Funny

“Is it nice, my preciousss? Is it juicy? Is it scrumptiously crunchable?”

Nice Juicy

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Sad

“We set out to save the Shire, Sam and it has been saved - but not for me.”

Success Frodo

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Happy

“He drew a deep breath. 'Well, I'm back,' he said.”

Said I'm Back

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Angry

“For Isildur would not surrender it to Elrond and Círdan who stood by. They counselled him to cast it into the fire of Orodruin night at hand... But Isildur refused this counsel, saying: 'This I will have as weregild for my father's death, and my brother's. Was it not I that dealt the Enemy his death-blow?' And the Ring that he held seemed to him exceedingly fair to look on; and he would not suffer it to be destroyed.”

Father Brother Blow

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Love

“And he sang to them, now in the Elven tongue, now in the speech of the West, until their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed, and their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together and tears are the very wine of blessedness.”

Heart Pain Sweet

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Sad

“When he heard there was nothing to eat, he sat down and wept… “Why did I ever wake up!” he cried.”

Wake Up Down And Sat

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Philosophical

“The dwarves of course are quite obviously, couldn't you say that in many ways they remind you of the Jews? Their words are Semitic obviously, constructed to be Semitic. Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects (in general) the small reach of their imagination - not the small reach of their courage or latent power.”

People Imagination Dwarves

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Sad

“My friend, you had horses, and deed of arms, and the free fields; but she, being born in the body of a maid, had a spirit and courage at least the match of yours. Yet she was doomed to wait upon an old man, whom she loved as a father, and watch him falling into a mean dishonoured dotage; and her part seemed to her more ignoble than that of the staff he leaned on. -Gandalf to Eomer, of Eowyn”

Fall Father Horse

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Hopeful

“We were born in a dark age out of due time (for us). But there is this comfort: otherwise we should not know, or so much love, what we do love. I imagine the fish out of water is the only fish to have an inkling of water.”

Age Dark Water

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Angry

“This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.”

Kings Flower Time

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