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I will not walk backward in life.

I will not walk backward in life.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Past, Walks
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Children of Húrin”, p.44, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Hope, Light, Shadow
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.901, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

But it does not seem that I can trust anyone,' said Frodo. Sam looked at him unhappily. 'It all depends on what you want,' put in Merry. 'You can trust us to stick with you through thick and thin--to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours--closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends, Frodo.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Secret, Doe, Want

It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords can still die upon them.

J. R. R. Tolkien
War, Needs, Foe
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.937, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked. "A cage," [Éowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Fear, Age, Desire

Many folk like to know beforehand what is to be set on the table; but those who have laboured to prepare the feast like to keep their secret; for wonder makes the words of praise louder.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Secret, Tables, Wonder
"The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, Book 3)". Book by J. R. R. Tolkien, October 20, 1955.

I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that I do not accept the tone of scorn or pity with which 'Escape' is now so often used. Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?

J. R. R. Tolkien
Wall, Home, Men
"On Fairy-Stories". Andrew Lang Lecture at the University of St. Andrews on March 08, 1939. "Essays presented to Charles Williams", 1947.

Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Fell deeds awake, fire and slaughter! spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!

J. R. R. Tolkien
Fire, Deeds, Shields
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.567, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I don't want to be in a battle. But waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Waiting, Battle, Want
"Fictional character: Pippin". "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", www.imdb.com. 2003.

Why must you speak your thoughts? Silence, if fair words stick in your throat, would serve all our ends better.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Silence, Sticks, Speak
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth”, p.68, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I'm in a position where it doesn't matter what people think of me now.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Thinking, People, Matter
Source: www.tolkienlibrary.com

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

J. R. R. Tolkien
Ends
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.481, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Adventures make one late for supper.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Adventure, Late, Supper

I sit beside the fire and think of all that I have seen, of meadow-flowers and butterflies in summers that have been; Of yellow leaves and gossamer in autumns that there were, with morning mist and silver sun and wind upon my hair.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Summer, Nature, Morning
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.200, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

There cannot be any 'story' without a fall - all stories are ultimately about the fall - at least not for human minds as we know them and have them.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Fall, Mind, Stories
J.R.R. Tolkien (2014). “The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien”, p.147, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Frodo: Go back, Sam! I’m going to Mordor alone. Sam: Of course you are, and I’m coming with you!

J. R. R. Tolkien
Fellowship, Samwise Gamgee, Frodo

Dwarves are not heroes, but a calculating folk with a great idea of the value of money; some are tricky and treacherous and pretty bad lots; some are not but are decent enough people like Thorin and Company, if you don't expect too much.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Hero, Dwarves, Ideas
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.114, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?' A man may do both,' said Aragorn. 'For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day!

J. R. R. Tolkien
Men, Light, Earth
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.424, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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

J. R. R. Tolkien
Life, Wisdom, Anger
The Fellowship of the Ring bk. 1, ch. 3 (1954)

Indeed in nothing is the power of the Dark Lord more clearly shown than in the estrangement that divides all those who still oppose him.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Dark, Lord Of The Ring, Stills
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.246, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The burned hand teaches best. After that, advice about fire goes to the heart.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Heart, Fire, Hands
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.584, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But... I can ride and wield blade, and I do not fear either pain or death.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Pain, House, Blades
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.767, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

All my own small perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Faith, Religious, Inspiration
"The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien".

No language is justly studied merely as an aid to other purposes. It will in fact better serve other purposes, philological or historical, when it is studied for love, for itself.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Historical, Purpose, Facts
"English and Welsh". Lecture at the University of Oxford on October 21, 1955. "The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essays". Book edited by Christopher Tolkien, 1983.

I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Sad, Grief, Evil
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.1007, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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