Elf Quotes

“Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

“Magic
Sandra’s seen a leprechaun,
Eddie touched a troll,
Laurie danced with witches once,
Charlie found some goblins gold.
Donald heard a mermaid sing,
Susy spied an elf,
But all the magic I have known
I've had to make myself.”
― Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends

“A song she heard
Of cold that gathers
Like winter's tongue
Among the shadows
It rose like blackness
In the sky
That on volcano's
Vomit rise
A Stone of ruin
From burn to chill
Like black moonrise
Her voice fell still...”
― Robert Fanney

“At the hill’s foot Frodo found Aragorn, standing still and silent as a tree; but in his hand was a small golden bloom of elanor, and a light was in his eyes. He was wrapped in some fair memory: and as Frodo looked at him he knew that he beheld things as they had been in this same place. For the grim years were removed from the face of Aragorn, and he seemed clothed in white, a young lord fall and fair; and he spoke words in the Elvish tongue to one whom Frodo could not see. Arwen vanimelda, namarie! He said, and then he drew a breath, and returning out of his thought he looked at Frodo and smiled.

`Here is the heart of Elvendom on earth,’ he said, `and here my heart dwells ever, unless there be a light beyond the dark roads that we still must tread, you and I. Come with me!’ And taking Frodo’s hand in his, he left the hill of Cerin Amroth and came there never again as a living man.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“She touched something deep in his soul. He didn't believe in love at first sight, but the thought of hurting her made his chest ache.”
― Jodie B. Cooper, Beloved LifeMate

“Impossible. An old elf swearword.”
― Matt Haig, A Boy Called Christmas

“My cooking spoon,
My magic wand,
Of this dish,
You will be fond.”
― The Silver Elves, The Elf Folks' Book of Cookery: Recipes for a Delighted Tongue, a Healthy Body and a Magical Life

“Katie purred in pleasure as she licked the beating vein in Jared’s neck.”
― Jodie B. Cooper, Forbidden Temptation of a Vampire

“I’ve always wondered though,” Orn mused aloud, “what does God need with a starship?”
“Are you going to make that stupid quip every time we pass a missionary ship?”
“Until they learn a new position.”
― Sabrina Zbasnik

“Orcs do not have enemies.” Monde tried to search for the proper term, “We have…adversaries.”
“Isn’t that the same thing?”
“Depends on who’s winning the war.”
― Sabrina Zbasnik

“They worried to an excessive degree about getting gender correct, as if elves gave a shit. Humans could keep their concerns about everyone’s genitalia to themselves.”
― Sabrina Zbasnik

“When I dreamed about becoming a fantasy adventurer, I was always a max-level character with epic gear. Look at me. I’m wearing vendor trash.”
― Noelle Alladania Meade

“Elf-dog," hissed Gimlet, retrieving his beard.
"Pig of a dwarf," suggested Legolam.
"Toymaker."
"Gold-digger.”
― The Harvard Lampoon, Bored of the Rings: A Parody of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings

“You have been given a gift and gifts are not always deserved, but they should always be accepted.”
― Quinn Loftis, Elfin

“Love is a fool's game that cuts you open and leaves you gutted. Play it if it amuses you.”
― Kasia Bacon, The Scouts

“Darling, you know how I like the sight of a stiff one.”
― RoChe Montoya, The 2nd Realm: Book One

“..There were two undeniable truths in the Realms: It was very easy to overestimate a drow and even easier to underestimate a dwarf.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Maestro

“If you wedge me between two tall cliffs, I would hang a portrait on each and call them home. If you wedge Ayden, he would spend the next thousand years carving a stairway with his blade, one grain of stone at a time, until he could call himself free.”
― Rachel Haimowitz, Counterpoint

“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

“That’s right. A halfblood. A halfblood with the skills and the talent to fight alongside the best. They’d all seen her. Who were the Hunters to turn her down after that? They wouldn’t dare.”
― Hannah Heath, Flames of Courage

“Please tell me the other four don't come with so much baggage.”
― Dojyomaru, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, Volume 1

“Farewell sweet earth and northern sky,
for ever blest, since here I did lie
and here with lisson limbs did run
beneath the Moon, beneath the Sun.
Luthien Tinuviel
more fair than mortal tongue can tell.
Though all to ruin fell the world
and were dissolved and backward hurled
unmade into the old abyss,
yet were its making good, for this-
the dusk, the dawn, the earth, the sea-
that Luthien for a time should be.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

“Frodo looked up at the Elf standing tall above him, as he gazed into the night, seeking a mark to shoot at. His head was dark, crowned with sharp white stars that glittered in the black pools of the sky behind.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Elves don't shimmer”
― David Rangel

“Era lui l'ultimo elfo. [...] Il più grande, il più potente e l'ultimo, quello dopo cui non ci sarà nessun altro.”
― Silvana de Mari, The Last Dragon

“he said this turning his strong body to face the beautiful, stunning, breathtaking, astonishing, bewildering girl who was a princess and his one true love, Eodwyn. she had hair like raven wings and skin like snow that the dogs haven’t peed on yet and cheeks like cherry blossoms and eyes like a magnificent summer sky.”
― J.K. Ashton

“Your boyfriend just killed an elf. You need to get over the talking birds.”
― Chadwick Ginther, Tombstone Blues

“« "You’ll see.”
She dragged her fingers through her hair, pulling through the tangles. “See what?”
The horse’s hooves patted quietly on the soft ground of the forest floor. “One day you’ll be in love with me." »”
― J.M. Kearl, Bow Before the Elf Queen

“It's very... christmas movie. Like the cheesy ones on channel 5, where some frosty bitch from the city breaks up with a smarmy lawyer, and has a breakdown, so has to go home to Leafy Glade, Alabama, where she reunites with the humble carpenter she dated in high school, and ends up working as a mall elf, and rediscovers the true meaning of Christmas.”
― Juno Dawson, Stay Another Day

“You see, sometimes, a single child believing in magic - if they believe enough - is enough to restore order to the universe.”
― Matt Haig, The Girl Who Saved Christmas