The Fellowship of the Ring Quotes

“...so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Yes, I will — two eyes, as often as I can spare them.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Suddenly Bilbo looked up. ‘Ah, there you are at last, Dunadan!’ he cried... ‘Where have you been, my friend? Why weren’t you at the feast? The Lady Arwen was there.’

Strider looked down at Bilbo gravely. ‘I know,’ he said. ‘But often I must put mirth aside...”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“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

“A Balrog,' muttered Gandalf. 'Now I understand.' He faltered and leaned heavily on his staff. 'What an evil fortune! And I am already weary.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Elves seldom give guarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill. But what would you? You have not told me all concerning yourself; and how then shall I choose better than you?”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“All the ‘great secrets’ under the mountain turned out to be just empty night: there was nothing more to find out, nothing worth doing, Only nasty furtive eating and resentful remembering. He was altogether wretched. He hated the dark, and he hated light more: he hated everything, and the ring most of all.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”

J.R.R. Tolkien – The Fellowship of The Ring”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Who are you, Master?" [Frodo] asked.

'Eh, what?" said Tom, sitting up. and his eyes glinting in the gloom. 'Don't you know my name yet? That's the answer. Tell me, who are you, alone, yourself and nameless?”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“El peligro que yo temía era el tormento en la oscuridad, y eso no me retuvo. Pero si hubiese conocido el peligro de la luz y de la alegría, no hubiese venido. Mi mayor herida la he recibido en esta separación, aunque cayera hoy mismo en manos del Señor Oscuro. ¡Ay de Gimli hijo de Glóin!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Eärendil was a mariner
that tarried in Arvernien;
he built a boat of timber felled
in Nimbrethil to journey in;
her sails he wove of silver fair,
of silver were her lanterns made,
her prow was fashioned like a swan,
and light upon her banners laid.

In panoply of ancient kings,
in chainéd rings he armoured him;
his shining shield was scored with runes
to ward all wounds and harm from him;
his bow was made of dragon-horn,
his arrows shorn of ebony;
of silver was his habergeon,
his scabbard of chalcedony;
his sword of steel was valiant,
of adamant his helmet tall,
an eagle-plume upon his crest,
upon his breast an emerald.

Beneath the Moon and under star
he wandered far from northern strands,
bewildered on enchanted ways
beyond the days of mortal lands.
From gnashing of the Narrow Ice
where shadow lies on frozen hills,
from nether heats and burning waste
he turned in haste, and roving still
on starless waters far astray
at last he came to Night of Naught,
and passed, and never sight he saw
of shining shore nor light he sought.
The winds of wrath came driving him,
and blindly in the foam he fled
from west to east and errandless,
unheralded he homeward sped.

There flying Elwing came to him,
and flame was in the darkness lit;
more bright than light of diamond
the fire upon her carcanet.
The Silmaril she bound on him
and crowned him with the living light
and dauntless then with burning brow
he turned his prow; and in the night
from Otherworld beyond the Sea
there strong and free a storm arose,
a wind of power in Tarmenel;
by paths that seldom mortal goes
his boat it bore with biting breath
as might of death across the grey
and long forsaken seas distressed;
from east to west he passed away.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien , The Fellowship of the Ring

“. . . and long have I wandered by roads forgotten, seeking the house of Elrond, of which many had heard, but few knew where it lay.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Trolls do not build. - Aragorn (as Strider)”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Trolls do not build.' - Aragorn (as Strider)”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Tout ce qu'il nous appartient de décider, c'est ce que nous comptons faire du temps qui nous est imparti.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“But Gandalf has revealed to us that we cannot destroy it by any craft that we here possess,' said Elrond. 'And they who dwell beyond the Sea would not receive it: for good or ill it belongs to Middle-earth; it is for us who dwell here to deal with it.,”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“I saw him there,' answered Gandalf, 'but before that he had wandered far, following Bilbo's trail. It was difficult to learn anything from him for certain, for his talk was constantly interrupted by curses and threats. "What had it got in its pocketses?" he said. "It wouldn't say, no precious. Little cheat. Not a fair question. It cheated first, it did. It broke the rules. We ought to have squeezed it, yes precious. And we will, precious!"
'That is a sample of his talk. I don't suppose you want any more.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“As a matter of fact he came out on the right side in the end. It turned out later that only one horse had been actually stolen. The others had been driven of, or had bolted in terror, and were found wandering in different corners of the Bree-land. Merry's ponies had escaped altogether, and eventually (having a good deal of sense) they made their way to the Downs in search of Fatty Lumpkin. So they came under the care of Tom Bombadil for a while, and were well-off. But when news of the events at Bree came to Tom's ears, he sent them to Mr. Butterbur, who thus got five good beasts at a very fair price. They had to work harder in Bree, but Bob treated them well; so on the whole they were lucky: they missed a dark and dangerous journey. but they never came to Rivendell.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Books not to have good endings. – Bilbo Baggins”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“One ring to rule them all, One ring to find them, One ring to bring them all and in the Darkness bind them. - Gandalf”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring