Gimli Quotes

“Evidently we look so much alike that your desire to make an incurable dent in my hat must be excused.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

“Far, far below the deepest delvings of the dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“Tell me, Legolas, why did I come on this Quest? Little did I know where the chief peril lay! Truly Elrond spoke, saying that we could not foresee what we might meet upon our road. Torment in the dark was the danger that I feared, and it did not hold me back. But I would have never come, had I known the danger of light and joy.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“Speak, or I will put a dint in your hat that even a wizard will find hard to deal with!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

“Hear all ye Elves!’ she cried to those about her. ‘Let none say again that Dwarves are grasping and ungracious! Yet surely, Gimli son of Glóin, you desire something that I could give? Name it, I bid you! You shall not be the only guest without a gift.’
‘There is nothing, Lady Galadriel,’ said Gimli, bowing low and stammering. ‘Nothing, unless it might be – unless it is permitted to ask, nay, to name a single strand of your hair, which surpasses the gold of the earth as the stars surpass the gems of the mine. I do not ask for such a gift. But you commanded me to name my desire.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“I shall claim full amends for every fall and stubbed toe, if you do not lead us well.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

“Little did I know where the chief peril lay! Truly Elrond spoke, saying that we could not foresee what we might meet upon our road. Torment in the dark was the danger that I feared, and it did not hold me back. But I would not have come, had I known the danger of light and joy.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“For the rest, they shall represent the other Free Peoples of the World: Elves, Dwarves, and Men, Legolas shall be for the Elves; and Gimli son of Gloin for the Dwarves. They are willing to go at least to the passes of the Mountains, and maybe beyond. For Men you shall have Aragorn son of Arathorn, for the Ring of Isildur concerns him closely”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Gimli wept openly.

"I have looked the last on that which was fairest," he said to Legolas his companion. "Henceforth I will call nothing fair unless it be her gift." He put his hand to his breast.

"Tell me Legolas, why did I come on this Quest? Little did I know where the chief peril lay! Truly Elrond spoke, saying that we could not foresee what we might meet upon our road. Torment in the dark was the danger that I feared, and it did not hold me back. But I would not have come, had I known the danger of light and joy.”
― J R R Tolkien

“I name you Elf-friend; and may the stars shine upon the end of your road!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“It is said that the skill of the Dwarves is in their hands rather than in their tongues,’ she said; ‘yet that is not true of Gimli. For none have ever made to me a request so bold and yet so courteous. And how shall I refuse, since I commanded him to speak? But tell me, what would you do with such a gift?’
‘Treasure it, Lady,’ he answered, ‘in memory of your words to me at our first meeting. And if ever I return to the smithies of my home, it shall be set in imperishable crystal to be an heirloom of my house, and a pledge of good will between the Mountain and the Wood until the end of days.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Few can see wither their road will lead them, till they comes to it's end. - Gimli”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“These words shall go with the gift,’ she said. ‘I do not foretell, for all foretelling is now vain: on the one hand lies darkness, and on the other only hope. But if hope should not fail, then I say to you, Gimli son of Glóin, that your hands shall flow with gold, and yet over you gold shall have no dominion.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“... But if all the fair folk take to the Havens, it will be a duller world for those who are doomed to stay.”
― J. R. R. Tolkien

“My heart burns me too, and I would have started sooner; but now I must rest a little to run the better”
― Jrr Tolkien

“My heart burns me too, and I would have started sooner; but now I must rest a little to run the better”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

“Allow me," said the elf, proffering Gimlet's beard to Frito, who was now sneezing uncontrollably.”
― The Harvard Lampoon, Bored of the Rings: A Parody of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings

“Torment in the dark was the danger that I geared, and it did not hold me back. But I would not have come, had I known the danger of light and joy.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“You speak evil of that which is fair beyond the reach of your thought, and only little wit can excuse you”
― J. R. R. Tolkien

“Torment in the dark was the danger that I feared, and it did not hold me back. But I would not have come, had I known the danger of light and joy. Now I have taken my worst wound in this parting.”
― J. R. R. Tolkien

“Torment in the dark was the danger that I feared, and it did not hold me back. But I would not have come, had I known the danger of light and joy. Now I have taken my worst wound in this parting, even if I were to go this night straight to the Dark Lord.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King