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Results of search for Author: J. R. R. Tolkien - Page 1 of 4 Showing results 1 to 10 of 32 total quotations found.
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Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973)

Results from Internet Collections: alt.quotations Archives:

'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.': J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Lost Road

Results from Contributed Quotations:

There I lay staring upward, while the stars wheeled over... Faint to my ears came the gathered rumour of all lands: the springing and the dying, the song and the weeping, and the slow everlasting groan of overburdened stone.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973)
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Fellowship of the Ring
It's a dangerous business going out your front door.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Fellowship of the Ring
Courage is found in unlikely places.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Fellowship of the Ring
Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends.: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord Of the Rings, Book Four, Chapter One
"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door," he used to say. "You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.: J.R.R. Tolkien
...for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973)
The world changes, and all that once was strong now proves unsure.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Two Towers

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