" The board is set, the pieces are moving. We come to it at last…
The great battle of our time. "

J. R. R. Tolkien, Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 – 1973)

" Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. "

J. R. R. Tolkien British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 – 1973)

" Their plans were improved with the best advice. "

J. R. R.Tolkien, The Hobbit

" His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking, best, or a pleasant mixture of them all. "

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 – 1973)

" I have no help to send, therefore I must go myself. "

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 – 1973)

" Little by little, one travels far. "

J. R. R. Tolkien British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 – 1973)

" I am in fact a Hobbit, in all but size. "

J. R .R. Tolkien

" One Ring to rule them all,
One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all
and in the darkness bind them. "

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954, chapter 2 British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 – 1973)

" Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works… "

J. R. R. Tolkien British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 – 1973)

" Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end. "

J. R. R. Tolkien British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 – 1973)

" All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost. "

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954 British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 – 1973)

" Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise. "

J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 – 1973)

" If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. "

J. R. R. Tolkien British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 – 1973)

" We are never late. We arrive precisely when we mean to. "

J. R. R Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

" Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends. "

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord Of the Rings, Book Four, Chapter One British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 – 1973)

" The treacherous are ever distrustful. "

J. R. R. Tolkien, Gandalf on Saruman, The Two Towers British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 – 1973)

" He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom. "

J. R.R. Tolkien, Spoken by Gandalf

" I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. "

J. R. R. Tolkien British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 – 1973)

" All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. "

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 – 1973)

" Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them becuase they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere. "

J. R. R Tolkien, Elrond from The Lord of the Rings

" For though I do not ask for aid, we need it. "

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, spoken by Boromir British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 – 1973)

" There I lay staring upward, while the stars wheeled over… Faint to my ears came the gathered rumour of all lands: the springing and the dying, the song and the weeping, and the slow everlasting groan of overburdened stone. "

J. R. R. Tolkien British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 – 1973)

" It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. "

J. R. R. Tolkein

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