Top 500 J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes (2023 Update)
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251. “It is wisdom to recognize necessity when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

252. “Not all that have fallen are vanquished.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

253. “Things are drawing towards the end now, unless I am mistaken. There is an unpleasant time just in front of you; but keep your heart up!”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

254. “We must do without hope.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

255. “I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, and people who will see a world that I shall never know. But all the while I sit and think of times there were before, I listen for returning feet and voices at the door.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

256. “Hobbits delighted in such things, if they were accurate; they liked to have books filled with things that they already knew, set out fair and square with no contradictions.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

257. “When Summer lies upon the world, and in a noon of gold, Beneath the roof of sleeping leaves the dreams of trees unfold; When woodland halls are green and cool, and wind is in the West, Come back to me! Come back to me, and say my land is best!”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

258. “For the less even as for the greater there is some deed that he may accomplish but once only; and in that deed his heart shall rest.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

259. “Perhaps it is better not to tell what you wish. if you cannot have it.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

260. “He did not falter, as long as there was a path that led toward his goal.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

261. “Don’t leave me here alone! It’s your Sam calling. Don’t go where I can’t follow! Wake up, Mr. Frodo!”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

262. “A red sun rises. Blood has been spilled this night.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

263. “A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

264. “Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to tea -any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Good bye!”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

265. “Who knows? Have patience. Go where you must go, and hope!”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

266. “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.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

267. “To crooked eyes truth may wear a wry face.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

268. “Love not too well the work of thy hands and the devices of thy heart; and remember that the true hope of the Noldor lieth in the West, and cometh from the Sea.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

269. “The sky was clear and the stars were growing bright. ‘It’s going to be a fine night,’ he said aloud. ‘That’s good for a beginning. I feel like walking.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

270. “Perilous to us all are the devices of an art deeper than we possess ourselves.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

271. “We may stand, if only on one leg, or at least be left still upon our knees.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

272. “Nobody believes me when I say that my long book is an attempt to create a world in which a form of language agreeable to my personal aesthetic might seem real. But it is true.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

273. “His rage passes description – the sort of rage that is only seen when rich folk that have more than they can enjoy suddenly lose something that they have long had but have never before used or wanted.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

274. “All my own perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded upon Our Lady.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

275. “But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

276. “The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

277. “And its object is Art not power, sub-creation not domination and tyrannous re-forming of Creation.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

278. “Farewell! I go to find the Sun!”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

279. “Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

280. “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.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

281. “The Darkness has begun. There will be no dawn.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

282. “Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I go To heal my heart and drown my woe Rain may fall, and wind may blow And many miles be still to go But under a tall tree will I lie And let the clouds go sailing by.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

283. “But there, my friends, songs like trees bear fruit only in their own time and their own way: and sometimes they are withered untimely.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

284. “The wolf that one hears is worse than the orc that one fears.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

285. “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

286. “Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

287. “A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

288. “Venice seemed incredibly lovely, elvishly lovely – to me like a dream of Old Gondor, or Pelargir of the Numenorean Ships, before the return of the Shadow.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

289. “Snow’s all right on a fine morning, but I like to be in bed when it’s falling.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

290. “For so sworn good or evil an oath may not be broken and it shall pursue oathkeeper and oathbreaker to the world’s end.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

291. “Farewell we call to hearth and hall! Though wind may blow and rain may fall. We must away ere the break of day. Far over wood and mountain tall.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

292. “And thus it came to pass that the Silmarils found their long homes: one in the airs of heaven, and one in the fires of the heart of the world, and one in the deep waters.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

293. “Do you remember when we first met? I thought I had wandered into a dream.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

294. “He may become like a glass filled with a clear light for eyes to see that can.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

295. “Your lullaby would waken a drunken goblin!”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

296. “The misty morning crawleth grey from dusk to the reluctant day.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

297. “Faithful heart may have froward tongue.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

298. “False hopes are more dangerous than fears.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

299. “Hammer and tongs! I am so torn between rage and joy, that if I do not burst, it will be a marvel!”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

300. “The doom lies in yourself, not in your name.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien