Above all shadows rides the Sun and Stars forever dwell:I will not say the Day is done, nor bid the Stars farewell.

— J.R.R. Tolkien

A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. Aragorn, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

— J.R.R. Tolkien

Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.

— J.R.R. Tolkien

A fair vision had welcomed him in this land of disease.

— J.R.R. Tolkien

After all, I believe that legends and myths are largely made of 'truth', and indeed present aspects of it that can only be received in this mode; and long ago certain truths and modes of this kind were discovered and must always reappear.

— J.R.R. Tolkien

After some time he felt for his pipe. It was not broken, and that was something. Then he felt for his pouch, and there was some tobacco in it, and that was something more. Then he felt for matches, and he could not find any at all, and that shattered his hopes completely.

— J.R.R. Tolkien

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

A good vocabulary is not acquired by reading books written according to some notion of the vocabulary of one's age group. It comes from reading books above one.

— J.R.R. Tolkien

A great dread fell on him, as if he was awaiting the pronouncement of some doom that he had long foreseen and vainly hoped might after all never be spoken. An overwhelming longing to rest and remain at peace by Bilbo's side in Riven dell filled all his heart. At last with an effort he spoke, and wondered to hear his own words, as if some other will was using his small voice. "I will take the Ring," he said, "though I do not know the way.

— J.R.R. Tolkien

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

— J.R.R. Tolkien