Book of Quotes

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

- "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.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king."

- "Not all those who wander are lost."

- "I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

- "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."

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

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

- "The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater."

- "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."

- "The Road goes ever on and on

Down from the door where it began.

Now far ahead the Road has gone,

And I must follow, if I can,

Pursuing it with eager feet,

Until it joins some larger way

Where many paths and errands meet.

And whither then? I cannot say"

- "May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out."

- "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger."

- "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."

- "Short cuts make long delays."

- "All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost."

- "The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out."

- "If by my life or death I can protect you, I will. "

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

- "Home is behind, the world ahead,

And there are many paths to tread

Through shadows to the edge of night,

Until the stars are all alight.

Then world behind and home ahead,

We'll wander back and home to bed.

Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,