Today Quotes
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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
With hope or without hope we will follow the trail of our enemies. And woe to them, if we prove the swifter!J. R. R. Tolkien
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.Will Durant
Their Oath shall drive them, and yet betray them, and ever snatch away the very treasures that they have sworn to pursue.J. R. R. Tolkien, Mandos, The Silmarillion, Of the Flight of the Noldor
The treacherous are ever distrustful.J. R. R. Tolkien, Gandalf on Saruman, The Two Towers
He should not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, spoken by Elrond
Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end.J. R. R. Tolkien
For though I do not ask for aid, we need it.J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, spoken by Boromir
I have no help to send, therefore I must go myself.J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
What do you mean? Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good on this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit