J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"I don't know how to say it, but after last night I feel different. I seem to see ahead, in a kind of way. I know we are going to take a very long road, into darkness; but I know I can't turn back. It isn't right to see Elves now, nor dragons, nor mountains, that I want - I don't rightly know what I want: but I have something to do before the end, and it lies ahead, not in the Shire. I must see it through, sir, if you understand me."
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"I don't know how to say it, but after last night I feel different. I seem to see ahead, in a kind of way. I know we are going to take a very long road, into darkness; but I know I can't turn back. It isn't right to see Elves now, nor dragons, nor mountains, that I want - I don't rightly know what I want: but I have something to do before the end, and it lies ahead, not in the Shire. I must see it through, sir, if you understand me."
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"Now and again he spoke to those that served him and thanked them in their own language. They smiled at him and said laughing: 'Here is a jewel among hobbits!"
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"And now leave me in peace for a bit! I don't want to answer a string of questions while I am eating. I want to think!"Good Heavens!" said Pippin. "At breakfast?"
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes."
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill."
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"I pity snails, and all that carry their homes on their backs."
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"All that is gold does not glitter,Not all those who wander are lost."
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends."
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"Old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know."
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"Against delay. Against the way that seems easier. Against refusal of the burden that is laid on me. Against - well, if it must be said, against trust in the strength and truth of Men."
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"For the rest, they shall represent the other Free Peoples of the World: Elves, Dwarves, and Men, Legolas shall be for the Elves; and Gimli son of Gloin for the Dwarves. They are willing to go at least to the passes of the Mountains, and maybe beyond. For Men you shall have Aragorn son of Arathorn, for the Ring of Isildur concerns him closely"
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"They themselves do not see the world of light as we do, but our shapes cast shadows in their minds, which only the noon sun destroys."
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out."
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"As the story grew, it put down roots into the past and threw out unexpected branches ."
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"All that is gold does not glitter,Not all those who wander are lost;The old that is strong does not wither,Deep roots are not reached by the frost."
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"That's what I meant,' said Pippin. 'We hobbits ought to stick together, and we will. I shall go, unless they chain me up. There must be someone with intelligence in the party."
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"But the only measure that he knows is desire desire for power and so he judges all hearts. Into his heart the thought will not enter that any will refuse it that having the Ring we may seek to destroy it. If we seek this we shall put him out of reckoning."
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
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